Boeing Jet Hit Trouble Minutes After Takeoff, the New York Times Says
- Plane was lurching up and down minutes after takeoff: report
- Investigators are looking for any possible link to 2018 crash
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The doomed Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday was in trouble almost immediately after takeoff as it lurched up and down by hundreds of feet at a time, the New York Times reported, citing a person who reviewed the jet’s air traffic communications.
The captain of the Boeing Co. 737 Max 8 asked in a panicky voice to turn back only three minutes into the flight as the plane accelerated to abnormal speeds, the newspaper reported.