ET-409 Incident - 25 January, 2010
Ethiopian flight ET-409 scheduled to operate from Beirut to Addis
Ababa on January 25th lost contact with the Lebanese air controllers
shortly after take off. The flight departed at 02:35 Lebanese time from
Beirut International Airport.
Flight ET-409 carries 82 passenger plus 8 Ethiopian Crew members.
Out of the total passengers 23 are Ethiopian, 51 Lebanese, 1 Turkish, 1
French, 2 British, 1 Russian, 1 Canadian, 1 Syrian, 1 Iraqi nationals.
A team is already working on gathering all pertinent information. An
investigative team has already been dispatched to the scene and we will
release further information as further updates are received.
About Ethiopian
Ethiopian Airlines, one of the largest and fastest growing
airlines in Africa, made its maiden flight to Cairo in 1946. With the
recent addition of flight services to Mombasa and Monrovia, Ethiopian
provides dependable services to 35 cities in Africa and a total of 56
international destinations spanning throughout four continents.
Ethiopian won the NEPAD Transport Infrastructure Excellence Awards 2009
on November 25, 2009 and “Airline of the year award” from the African
Airlines Association (AFRAA) on November 24, 2009, bringing the total
Awards honored since January 2009 to five.
In August, 2008, Ethiopian won “the 2008 Corporate Achievement
Award” of Aviation & Allied Business for setting the pace towards
the development and growth of the African aviation industry.
Ethiopian is also the first African carrier to win the 2008 Brussels
Airport Company Award in recognition of its distinguished long haul
operations witnessed through the introduction of new routes, new
products, and close cooperation with Brussels Airport in marketing
activities.
Ethiopian was the winner of the ‘2008 Best Airline in Africa Award’
at the African Travel Award ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria, for its
excellent network and convenient connections in Africa.
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