statement, wolf. they say on this question about similarities between the ethiopian and the lion air back in october, they say, this investigation has just begun and to date, we have not been provided data to draw any conclusions or take any actions. and on these just briefly on these design changes that they ve announced, these were already in the works. what s happened is they ve now given boeing a date, they say they ll mandate them by april of this year, but they were changes as a result of the last crash. richard, what will the recovered flight data and cockpit voice recorders potentially reveal? potentially reveal? everything. it will tell you what the pilots were saying teach otho each oth. and most important, wolf, it will tell you how the m-cast, this new flight management
thousands of americans, like you and me, fly every day. pressure mounting this morning for the u.s. to ground all boeing 737 max 8 aircraft. this after a second deadly crash in just five months. countries around the world already grounding this plane. 157 people on board. the ethiopian airways flight, including eight americans. investigators and crew scouring the debris today. david mckenzie joins us from the site of that crash there. david, crews on the scene. they recovered those crucial flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorders this morning. what are you learning about the investigation? the real key question here, are similar crashes in a short period of time in those early minutes of flight. what do we know at this point? well, what we know is that the troubling crash, just tragic incident behind me. you can see those big diggers.
we re following. investigators have recover ed te flight data and voice recorders from the ethiopian crash that killed all on board. while multiple airlines have grounded the popular boeing plane involved, southwest and american airlines say they will continue flying this aircraft. the pilot report eed technical difficulties on sunday and one witness says the plane was smoking and swerving before the crash. among the victims, eight americans and 21 united nations staffers. this is the second time in five months that a a boeing 737 max 8 model has crashed minutes into the flight. the very same thing happened to a flight back in october. but despite the similarities there, boeing is not planning to issue new guidance on the plane models. so richard guest is our cnn aviation correspondent, so first of all, obviously everyone s wondering my gosh, how many of these types of planes are being flown here in the u.s.
instance, the topic voice recorders so we can come to a fast preliminary we heard its damage so we hope we can learn more. but the 737 max 9 has the same technology we discussed, correct? which widens the reach, because united has some of the elves aircraft in flight as well. appreciate your time. also tonight, geraldo rivera, i know you have some very strong thoughts on what we ve learned so far about the major similarities between these two crashes. obviously the same aircraft in the same amount of time after take off that crashes happen. sandra, i m not an expert on air safety. i ve owned a helicopter for 18 years and one of the rules we tell our pilots if something is wrong with the aircraft in the air, you put the thing on the ground. i asked our audience, right now,
and cockpit voice recorders. doug mckelway has the latest from reagan international airport. at the united nations today a flag at half-staff in honor of 157 people killed, 21 of them u.n. staffers in sunday s crash of an ethiopian airlines boeing 737. as we all know ethiopian airlines is a well-known airline that has not experienced such accidents for a long time. it was the second boeing 737 max 8 to crash in five months. in the first it dove vertically into the sea killing all 189 on board. radar data showed similar violent oscillations pitching up and down before the planes crashed. in the air crash that plane had maintenance issues with airspeed and other gauges. max 8 is the latest generation of boeing s 737 with more powerful, more fuel efficient engines. the bigger engines necessitated the redesign of the trim control. when the two trim control switches are turned off and