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Ethiopian jet suffers fault in Beirut?

Published: Jun 17, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
Rattling door forces Ethiopian plane to return to Beirut - AFPBEIRUT — An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to return to Lebanon after takeoff early on Thursday when crew noticed a door was rattling, a Beirut airport official said.

"The door had not been closed properly and some five minutes after takeoff, the pilot was able to return and land in Beirut safely and without having to signal an emergency," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The Boeing 737-800 -- the same model as an Ethiopian Airlines jet which crashed off the Lebanese coast in January killing all 90 on board -- took off at around 4:30 am (0130 GMT) bound for Addis Ababa.

"The flight was delayed another six hours before it was cleared for takeoff," the official said.
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Ethiopian Airlines 'Interested' in Report of Bomb Aboard Crashed Jet

Published: Mar 31, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
Ethiopian Airlines 'Interested' in Report of Bomb Aboard Crashed 
JetEthiopian Airlines officials are closely following a report that a captured terrorism suspect has told of a bomb aboard a plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon in January. Investigators have not determined the cause more than two months after the crash.

A report on a U.S. Internet Web site says British intelligence agents have reopened their investigation into the mysterious crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet January 25. The Boeing 737 plunged into the Mediterranean Sea minutes after takeoff from Beirut airport, killing all 90 people aboard.

News reports initially quoted witnesses as saying the plane had broken up in the air and fallen into the sea in a ball of flames. But Lebanese officials immediately ruled out terrorism, and suggested pilot error was to blame.

Ethiopian flight 409 was bombed! al-Qaida Terror suspect admits

Published: Mar 28, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
Note: Thank God! It is not the pilot and everybody was sure that reports from some Lebanese officials was a fake, Now it is time for the Truth We Ethiopians need the Truth, Here below is what we find in the recent investigation status of the Ethiopian Jet.

Investigators checking link to failed Christmas Day attack

Ethiopian Jet was bombed! al-Qaida Terror suspect admitsLONDON – British intelligence agents have reopened their investigation into the mysterious crash of an Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet last February after a terror suspect taken into custody in Saudi Arabia confessed it was bombed, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

The information came after the mass arrest of more than 100 al-Qaida terror suspects in the Middle East.

The Boeing 737-8 plunged into the Mediterranean shortly after takeoff from Lebanon, killing all 92 passengers on board. Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri blamed pilot error.
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Lawyer cautions about Ethiopian Airlines crash reports

Published: Mar 13, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
Lawyer cautions about Ethiopian Airlines crash reportsAn attorney in Seattle sees Lebanese government statements about an incomplete investigation of the crash of Ethiopia Airlines Flight 409 in January as inappropriate.

“Until the final findings of the probe are known, it seems gross speculation for anyone to try to determine what may or may not have happened and to say what the cause of the crash may be,” said Lembhard Howell to VOA.

Howell, whose legal practice includes representing clients in the 1990s following the crash of an Indian Airlines flight, also said that any preparations to file a legal suit as a result of the Ethiopian Airlines crash in January are irresponsible.A Chicago law firm is representing relatives of 30 passengers from Lebanon who died in the Jan. 25 crash.

Ethiopia warns Lebanese government for trying to solicit political gains out of the crash investigation process

Published: Feb 25, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
Addis Ababa, February 24, 2010 (Addis Ababa) - Ethiopia warns the Lebanese government for trying to solicit political gains out of the crash investigation process of the Ethiopian airliner that occurred around Beirut, Lebanon. The nation also called upon the President and Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to intervene in the row.

Briefing local journalists on the agenda, Transport and Communications Minister, Driba Kuma said on Wednesday the Lebanese government continued providing incorrect and misleading information to media despite the cause of the accident remains undetermined.

“Ethiopia has repeatedly reminded the government of that country to refrain from releasing unfounded information to the media before the conclusion of the on-going investigation process,” he said, “But the government has continued leaking wrong and confusing information to media about the crash of ET-409”.


All bodies recovered from Ethiopian Boeing 737 crash

Published: Feb 23, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
Authorities recover all bodies from Ethiopia plane crashAll 90 bodies have now been recovered from the Ethiopian airlines crash off Lebanon last month.

The state carrier's Boeing 737-800 crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut airport en route to Addis Ababa on January 25.

The passengers have now also all been identified and an airline spokesman said arrangements are now being made to repatriate their remains.

An intial investigation blamed bad weather for the crash, however officials say its still too early to determine exactly what cause the plane to crash.

According to a press release Ethiopian sent to WIC, arrangement is being made to repatriate bodies of the Ethiopian and other nationals to their respective countries.

Ethiopian Airline officially dismisses pilot error report - Pilot last words also decoded

Published: Feb 20, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
The Ethiopian Airlines on Friday dismissed as 'speculative', reports that pilot error was behind the Beirut crash that killed 90 people in January, saying investigations were likely to take long to reach conclusions into the possible reasons behind the crash.

Ethiopian Airlines Chief Executive, Girma Wake, said the report of pilot error was 'speculative, speculative and speculative,' adding that the investigations were still continuing.

Reacting to the latest reports that hinted pilot error was behind the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 jetliner, taking off from the Rafik Hariri Airport in Beirut, Wake said it was still too early to talk about human error as the sole cause of the accident.

'The investigations would have to come up with the report. We have to wait for the final report,' Wake told PANA Friday.

Lebanese authorities said a preliminary investigation report on the cause of the flight ET 409 crash would be released over the next few days.

Ethiopian Airlines to receive Bombardier Q400 aircraft in March - Video Included

Published: Feb 19, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
Ethiopian Airlines says first Bombardier Q400 to arrive in March

Source: ENA

Ethiopian Airlines to receive Bombardier Q400 aircraft in March - 
Video IncludedEthiopian Airlines announced on Thursday that the first Bombardier Q400 aircraft among its order for Canadian plane maker Bombardier Inc. will arrive on March 22, 2011, the state-run Ethiopian News Agency reported.

Domestic Sales, Marketing and Operations Director of Ethiopian Abebe Angessa said Ethiopia had signed a purchase of agreement with the Canadian company to buy eight Bombardier Q400 aircrafts at a cost of 192 million USD.

The director said the remaining seven aircraft will arrive by September 2011.

He said each aircraft worth 24 million USD can carry 72 passengers. The director said Fokker aircraft which have been serving the last 15 years would be replaced by Bombardier Q400 aircraft.

Good News: Crashed Ethiopian plane cockpit recorder recovered

Published: Feb 16, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
Good News: Crashed Ethiopian plane cockpit recorder recoveredBEIRUT — The Lebanese military says naval commandos have recovered the cockpit voice recorder belonging to the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed last month into the Mediterranean.

The Boeing 737 crashed on Jan. 25, just minutes after takeoff from Beirut during a thunderstorm. All 90 people on board died.

The plane's data flight recorder was retrieved among the plane's wreckage last week and was flown to France for analysis.

Part of the cockpit voice recorder was retrieved in the same area last Wednesday, but officials said it was missing its memory voice recorder.

An army statement said that recorder was retrieved Tuesday.

Lebanon hands over bodies of 5 Ethiopian victims of Ethiopian airlines crash

Published: Feb 15, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
Deceased of Ethiopian Plane crash arrives in Addis Ababa - Photo 
& VideoOnly three bodies among the eight flight crews, one of whom has not so far been named, who were aboard ET409 which crashed immediately after taking off on its fatal flight from Beirut to Addis Abeba were delivered Sunday, February 14, 2010, at the Bole International Airport after identification was carried out through DNA testing and clearance granted by Lebanese authorities. An Ethiopian delegation of 14 members, including medical, technical and engineering professionals as well as eight people from Blake Emergency Services of London were involved in the identification. However, the coffins for the bodies of Gelila Gedion, lead cabin crew, Nesanet Yifru, cabin crew (cc) and Seble Gebretsadik, cc, were joined by three empty coffins for the unfound bodies of two other cabin crews, Helen Addise and Seblewnegel Seyoum, lead CC, and co-pilot Alula Tamrat, whose families had agreed for a remembrance to be held for them along with three of their friends. Also remembered were nine passengers, for whom there was only one silver coffin.

Crashed Ethiopian jet's second black box found - AFP

Published: Feb 11, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News

BEIRUT — Divers retrieved on Wednesday the cockpit voice recorder from an Ethiopian jet that crashed off the Lebanese coast last month as officials warned against speculation about the cause of the disaster that killed 90 people.

"We have recovered the second black box from the Ethiopian plane and it will be handed over to investigators in France," Aridi told AFP.

He added, however, that divers were still trying to recover a key part of the box that was missing.

"We handed the box over to the investigation committee and were told it was missing a crucial piece," he said. "Our divers are continuing attempts to find and recover that piece."

The Lebanese navy retrieved the first black box, the flight data recorder, on Sunday and sent it to the Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses (BEA), France's accident investigation agency.


BAD NEWS: Pilot Error Behind Ethiopian Jet Crash - Reuters

Published: Feb 10, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
BAD NEWS: Pilot Error Behind Ethiopian Jet Crash - ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - Pilot error caused the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane off the coast of Lebanon last month which killed all 90 people on board, a source familiar with the investigation into the accident said Tuesday.

"The investigation team has reached an early conclusion that it was pilot error, based on the information from the black box," the source told Reuters.

Another Ethiopian Airlines plane makes emergency landing, 120 Passengers refused to fly again

Published: Jan 29, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News

NDJAMENA — An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet which made an emergency landing in Chad due to a radar problem took off again Friday, but 120 of its 150 passengers refused to board, airport authorities said.

The plane, a Boeing 737 en route from Dakar in Senegal to Addis Ababa via Bamako in Mali, "left this morning at 5:00 am (0400 GMT)," said an airport official, as well as airport police.

The incident comes days after another Ethiopian Airlines 737 with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean minutes after takeoff from Beirut during a raging thunderstorm on Monday. There were no survivors.


Update 2 - Some of The crew of Ethiopian Flight 409 - In Picture

Published: Jan 28, 2010 by Helly Filed under: Ethiopian News
Captain Habtamu Benti Negasa

Update 2 - Some of The crew of Ethiopian Flight 409 - In Picture

Captain Habtamu Benti Negasa



First Officer Alula Tamerat (Co-Pilot)

Update 2 - Some of The crew of Ethiopian Flight 409 - In Picture

First Officer Alula Tamerat (Co-Pilot)




Flight Attendant - Seble Gebretsadik


Update 2 - Some of The crew of Ethiopian Flight 409 - In Picture


Flight Attendant - Seble Gebretsadik




Flight Attendant Netsanet Yifru

Update 2 - Some of The crew of Ethiopian Flight 409 - In Picture

Flight Attendant Netsanet Yifru



Flight Attendant Gelila Gedion

Update 2 - Some of The crew of Ethiopian Flight 409 - In Picture

Flight Attendant Gelila Gedion



Flight Lead Attendant Seblewengel Seyoum

Update 2 - Some of The crew of Ethiopian Flight 409 - In Picture


Update 2 - Some of The crew of Ethiopian Flight 409 - In Picture

Flight Lead Attendant Seblewengel Seyoum



Flight Attendant Helen Addissie

Update 2 - Some of The crew of Ethiopian Flight 409 - In Picture

Flight Attendant Helen Addissie



Update 2 - Some of The crew of Ethiopian Flight 409 - In Picture



Update 2 - Some of The crew of Ethiopian Flight 409 - In Picture

First Officer Alula Tamerat - Photo 2 (Co-Pilot)

Source: ER

Ethiopian Flight 409 Disaster: A terrorist attack ?

Published: Jan 27, 2010 by bini Filed under: Ethiopian News
Ethiopian Flight 409 Disaster: A terrorist attack ?

I’ve been following up the investigation related to the plane crash and i don’t understand why a terrorist plot was not considered by the Lebanese authorities. In fact, they ruled it out since the first minute, starting with the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.

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