The plane dropped from an altitude of 29 100 feet (8 870 metres) to 7 850 feet (2 393 metres) in just over a minute. There was a brief upswing before it then plunged to 3 225 feet (982 metres).
Search teams believe that they know the location of the black boxes that will provide clues as to the cause of the Boeing crash on Saturday.
Authorities say that they know the location of the ‘black boxes’, and are working hard to recover them, along with body parts, clothing, and the mangled remains of the Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea.
It took six minutes for pilots on Ethiopian Airline’s Boeing 737 Max to lose complete control of the plane, although they’re not to blame.