A few minutes ago the Ethiopian CAA website was still silent on this. There now only is minute information on the fact that there is an investigation and a ban.
In the case of recent Asian crashes the official websites were also hardly used or completely bypassed for either facebook and twitter reporting.
Lots of rules already, but another thing ICAO might take a look at. What is the minimum standard on reporting.
In many cases in any news situation the press gets an early view of things with an embargo till a certain time on publication. Might be the case here.
Another thing is the exceptional role the Ethiopian Airlines CEO has carved out for himself. He was one of the first on scene, shown handling evidence, reporting on the investigation, and continuing to do that. With all due respect, that is amazing, but in this case the only information available,...