An Ethiopian delegation led by Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) went with data recovery items, according to Ethiopian Airlines in a statement on Thursday.
Germany’s Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) were earlier requested to analyze the partially damaged recorders to determine what brought the ill-fated plane down last Sunday.
The Germans had declined the request reasoning that the aircraft was new and so it cannot read the software.
Hours after the request was turned down by Germany, the French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) announced their willingness to analyze the black-box flight recorders.
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302, 737 Max 8 jet crashed earlier Sunday shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi, Kenya, which killed all 157 people onboard.