ET-ANB, the aircraft involved in the crash, seen 2 months before the accident
Accident
Date
25 January 2010
Summary
Crashed shortly after take-off due to loss of control, pilot error, fatigue, and poor crew resource management
Site
Mediterranean Sea, 3.5 km (2.2 mi; 1.9 nmi) off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon 33°45′28″N35°25′49″E / 33.75778°N 35.43028°E / 33.75778; 35.43028
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-8AS
Operator
Ethiopian Airlines
IATA flight No.
ET409
ICAO flight No.
ETH409
Call sign
ETHIOPIAN 409
Registration
ET-ANB
Flight origin
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, Lebanon
Destination
Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Occupants
90
Passengers
82
Crew
8
Fatalities
90
Survivors
0
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 was an international commercial flight scheduled from Beirut to Addis Ababa that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Rafic Hariri International Airport on 25 January 2010, killing all 90 people on board.[1][2] This was the first fatal crash for Ethiopian Airlines since the hijack of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 in 1996.[3][4][5]
^Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 25 August 2011.
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