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Ethiopian crash black boxes arrive in Paris for analysis

American civil aviation and Boeing investigators search through the debris at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight [Reuters]

Two black boxes from the Boeing 737 MAX airplane that crashed in Ethiopia arrived on Thursday in Paris for expert analysis, officials said, as regulators around the world awaited word on whether it was safe to resume flying the jets.

A spokesman for France’s BEA air accident investigation agency said the flight data and cockpit voice recorders would be handed over to the agency later in the day.

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