The plane was identified by its manufacturer, Boeing, as one of its newest models, a 737 Max 8. The cause of the crash was unclear, but a Lion Air flight using the same model of plane went down in Indonesia in October and killed 189 people.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/four-indians-among-157-killed-as-ethiopian-airlines-flight-crashes/articleshow/68350162.cms