Habtamu Benti was at the controls when the Ethiopian Airlines plane plunged into the Mediterranean last week. Habtamu Benti,
the pilot of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, is believed to have died
along with six other crew and 83 passengers when the plane plunged into
the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lebanon.
Jalene Gemeda of VOA’s Afan Oromo language
broadcasting in the Horn of Africa service, knew him as they grew up
together in Nekemte. She interviewed several members of Habtamu’s
family, his friends, colleagues at the airline and former flying school
classmates.
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