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France-Ethiopia: visit of Macron to "sponsor" Airbus planes

Behind the decision to analyze the data of the black boxes also political moves

France will not only extract and analyze the data contained in the black boxes of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed last March 10 shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, but the Paris government would also be looking for to increase contacts with the Ethiopian with the aim of signing a billion dollar contract. The idea of Paris is to "sponsor" the European aerospace company...

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 03/14/2019 14:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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The new Boeing B-777X aircraft was to be officially presented yesterday, but due to the accident involving an Ethiopian Airlines B-737 MAX 8 and out of respect for the 157 victims the US company decided... more

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