Just spitballing, and perhaps its been covered already sand I missed it. I find it odd that that now France will be doing the assessment on the black boxes. They could have originally been sent here, which I think was the original plan as the other night on Tucker, Hannity, et al, they had a Transportation committee member on talking as if it would and that we would have answers in a few days. Who is Boeing's biggest competitor? Airbus. According to Boeing's website, they have a backlog of 4668 737's on order. Sure would be good for Airbus' business if customers start cancelling orders, like Lion Air already has. It's always about the money. Macron in on this? I really have not come to a conclusion on what I think happened, I'm trying to hash it out in my late night brain. Anyway, here are the links.
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-airplane-france-bea-idUSKCN1QU2T7
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-12/lion-air-suspends-delivery-of-boeing-max-jets-after-africa-crash