Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409

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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 KvW.jpg

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737, similar to the plane that crashed
Accident summary
Accident type Loss of control when climbing
place near Na'ameh , Lebanon
date January 25, 2010
Fatalities 90
Survivors 0
Aircraft
Aircraft type Boeing 737-800
operator Ethiopian Airlines
Mark ET-ANB
Departure airport Rafiq al Hariri Airport , Beirut , Lebanon
Destination airport Bole International Airport , Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
Passengers 82
crew 8th
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Ethiopian Airlines flight 409 was a scheduled flight from Beirut , Lebanon , to Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . On January 25, 2010 at around 02:40 a.m. local time, the plane crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after taking off from Rafiq al-Hariri Airport .

plane

The aircraft with the aircraft registration ET-ANB was a Boeing 737-800 with the serial number 29935. It was delivered to Ryanair on April 2, 2002 and was there with the aircraft registration EI-CSW in service until April 2009. Since December 8, 2009, the aircraft has been flown by Ethiopian Airlines under its current registration number. On January 22nd, Boeing confirmed in a press release that Ethiopian had ordered 10 new aircraft of the same type, quoting CEO Ato Girma Wake with praise for the reliability of the B 737.

Aviation accident

The Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after taking off from Beirut's Rafiq Hariri airport. The METAR created at 2 a.m. local time warned of thunderstorms in the vicinity of the airport, the wind speed was 8  knots (about 15  km / h ). The plane took off at around 02:35 a.m. local time and disappeared from the radar screens four to five minutes later. Eyewitnesses said the plane was on fire when it crashed into the sea. According to the flight schedule, the flight should have landed in Addis Ababa at 07:50 local time (04:50 UTC).

According to Lebanese official information, the crash site was around 3.5 km off the coast near the town of Na'ameh . The Lebanese army, the Lebanese navy and ships of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), including the German mine-hunting boat Laboe , and later the German tender Mosel, took part in the search for survivors and the rescue of the victims .

The aircraft accident was the first crash at Beirut Airport since 1987 and the first crash of a plane belonging to the airline concerned since the hijacking of Ethiopian Airlines flight 961 in 1996.

Passengers and crew

On board the plane were 82 passengers and 8 Ethiopian crew members. 51 of the passengers were Lebanese, 23 Ethiopians, 2 people from the United Kingdom and 1 person each from Canada, France, Iraq, Russia, Syria and Turkey. The passenger from France was the wife of the French ambassador in Beirut, Marla Sanchez Pietton.

examination

The flight recorder was located on January 28, 2010 by the American warship USS Ramage at a depth of 1.3 kilometers and was recovered by the Lebanese army in February.

In the final report of the Lebanese Civil Aviation Authority, pilot errors are named as the likely cause of the crash. Chronic fatigue of the captain, who had to fly 188 hours in just 51 days, is identified as a contributing factor.

Web links

 Wikinews: Airplane crashes into the sea off the Lebanese coast  - news

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ethiopianairlines.com ET Flight 409 Accident Update 5
  2. ↑ Ethiopian Airlines ( English ) CH-Aviation. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  3. ↑ Boeing 737 Next Gen - MSN 29935 ( English ) Airfleets. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ Nicolaas Groeneveld-Meijer: Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines Announce Order for 10 737-800s . Boeing. January 22nd, 2010. Archived from the original on January 28th, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 29, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / boeing.mediaroom.com
  5. ↑ Crash without survivors , Süddeutsche Zeitung. January 25, 2010. Archived from the original on January 27, 2010 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sueddeutsche.de 
  6. ^ Accident description ( English ) Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved January 25, 2010: “METAR: OLBA 250000Z 31008KT 280V340 8000 VCTS FEW020CB SCT026 13/06 Q1014 NOSIG. Explanation: METAR valid for Rafiq-al-Hariri International Airport, issued on the 25th of the month at 00:00 UTC. Wind from 310 ° with 8 knots, alternating between 280 ° and 340 °. Visibility 8000 m, thunderstorm near the airport. Few clouds, cumulonimbus at 2000 feet, scattered clouds at 2600 feet. Temperature 13 ° C, dew point at 6 ° C, air pressure 1014 hPa. "
  7. ↑ a b ET409 crashed into sea ( English ) Airline Industry Review. January 25, 2010. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 25, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.airlineindustryreview.com
  8. ↑ Ethiopian Airlines jet crashes into sea off Beirut ( English ) BBC News Online. January 25, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  9. ↑ a b Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes into Mediterranean sea ( English ) The Daily Telegraph . January 25, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  10. ↑ Nadim Ladki: Lebanon says Ethiopian plane crash site located ( English ) Reuters . January 25, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  11. ↑ Ethiopian airliner crashes on takeoff in Lebanon: official ( English ) News.com Australia. January 25, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  12. ↑ German naval ships in action after a plane crash off Lebanon, Agence France-Presse report , 12:36 p.m. from January 25, 2010.
  13. ↑ Derrick Henry: Ethiopian Airliner Crashes Near Beirut (English) . In: The New York Times , January 24, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010. 
  14. ^ ET-409 Incident - January 25, 2010 ( English ) Ethiopian Airlines . January 25, 2010. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 27, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ethiopianairlines.com
  15. ↑ Crash au Liban: peu d'espoir de trouver des survivants ( French ) Le Figaro . January 26, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  16. ↑ Lebanon: Flight recorder located after an accident . Euronews. January 28, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  17. ↑ Simon Hradecky: Crash: Ethiopian Airlines B738 near Beirut on Jan 25th 2010, lost height after takeoff and impacted Mediterranean ( English ) Aviation Herald . February 1, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  18. ↑ Final report of the Lebanese authorities ( memento of the original from January 18, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from January 17, 2012, accessed on December 13, 2013 - (pdf, 7 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lebcaa.com
  19. ↑ Did bad food lead to a crash? aeroTelegraph, January 17, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012
  20. ↑ Dominic Perry: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pilot-error-probable-cause-of-ethiopian-airlines-737-crash-367005/. In: flightglobal.com. January 18, 2012, accessed on January 18, 2012 (English): "[...] the probable causes of the accident were the" flight crew's mismanagement of the aircraft's speed, altitude, headings and attitude through inconsistent flight control inputs resulting in loss of control "."

Coordinates: 33 ° 44 ′ 36 "  N , 35 ° 24 ′ 34.8"  E