EthiopianAirlinesCrash: Confusion, grief as hunt for remains halted
Body parts and personal effects were still strewn across the crash site of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 15, a witness told Reuters, five days after the disaster and the day before recovery efforts were halted.
Religions such as Islam and Judaism require quick burials, but authorities said last week that identifying remains - many burned or in small pieces - might take six months. The world's entire 737 MAX fleet was grounded after the Ethiopia crash, with Boeing losing about 12 percent - or $28 billion - of its market value since the disaster.
But it hasn't been easy. After being bounced between various government ministries, the ambassador eventually wrote to the airline to get access to the crash site, a source familiar with the matter said. He got no reply - until the Israeli prime minister intervened by phoning his Ethiopian counterpart.
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