Ethiopian Airlines Plane Incidents and Accidents

ethiopian-airlines-plane-incidents-and-accidents Ethopian Airlines is an airline headquartered on the grounds of Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

In contrast to many other African carriers, Ethiopian Airlines has a good safety record. Since 1970, there have been three fatal events involving Ethiopian Airlines aircraft.

On 15 September 1988, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604, a Boeing 737-200 registered ET-AJA, ingested pigeons into both engines shortly after take off from Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. One engine lost thrust almost immediately and the second lost thrust during the emergency return to the airport. During the crash landing, 31 of the 105 passengers were killed.

On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, a Boeing 767-200ER registered ET-AIZ, was hijacked by three hijackers. The flight was on its first leg of an Addis Ababa-Nairobi-Brazzaville-Lagos-Abidjan route. The hijackers instructed the pilot to fly to Australia. Flying south along the African coast, the controller of Nairobi advised them to land at Mombasa. Fuel ran out and one of the plane’s engines stopped. While attempting a landing into shallow waters 500 meters from shore near Le Galawa Beach (near Moroni in the Comoros Islands), the aircraft ran out of fuel and ditched. 123 of the 175 passengers and crew died, including Kenyan photojournalist Mohamed Amin and all of the hijackers. The aircraft was destroyed.

On 25 January 2010, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, a Boeing 737-800 registered ET-ANB, crashed shortly after take off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport en route to Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The aircraft was carrying 82 passengers and 8 crew members, and all 90 people were reported dead. The airline reported 82 passengers and 8 crew members, and the local government reported 83 passengers, and 7 crew members.

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Ethiopian Airlines Plane Incidents and Accidents

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