An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 jet with 92 people on board has crashed into the sea south of Beirut, Lebanon airport just minutes after take-off. Among the 83 passengers en-route to Ethiopia was the wife of the newly-installed French ambassador to Lebanon. Witnesses speak of seeing a ball of flames going into the sea. Lebanese sources say the site of the crash has been located and a search and rescue operation is underway. The plane took off in stormy weather that has plagued Lebanon over the past few days, causing flooding and damage.
Links to other sites: Al-Jazeera, France Info
Posted by Sean Ecker on 25 January 2010 at 7:23 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 25 January 2010.
Filed under: World news
Tags: air crash, Beirut Lebanon, Boeing 737, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines
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