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Flight 302 is Ethiopian Airlines' deadliest accident to date, surpassing the fatal hijacking of Flight 961 resulting in a crash near the Comoros in 1996. [2] [3] It is also the deadliest aircraft accident to occur in Ethiopia, surpassing the crash of an Ethiopian Air Force Antonov An-26 in 1982, which killed 73 people on board. [4]
He was one of the airline's most experienced pilots, having logged 10,233 flight hours, including 2,488 hours on the Boeing 737. The first officer was 23-year-old Aluna Tamerat Beyene. He was far less experienced than the captain, having worked for Ethiopian Airlines for only a year and having 673 flight hours, 350 of them on the Boeing 737.
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was a scheduled international flight serving the route Addis Ababa–Nairobi–Brazzaville–Lagos–Abidjan.On 23 November 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 767-200ER, was hijacked [1] en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi [2] by three Ethiopians seeking asylum in Australia. [3]
Airlines in several countries grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 Aircraft after a deadly Ethiopian airlines crash which killed 157 people, and left no survivors.
The parents a young woman who died last year when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed say air travelers should avoid flying on the Boeing 737 Max 8, now that the FAA has cleared the plane to fly ...
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday, killing 149 passengers and eight crew, the airline said, the same model that crashed during a Lion Air flight in ...
The crash of a Boeing 737-200 at Bahir Dar Airport in September 1988 () ranks as the carrier 's fourth-deadliest accident, with 35 fatalities, out of 104 people on board. Following is a list of accidents and incidents involving Ethiopian Airlines aircraft.
NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA, March 10 (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board and raising questions ...