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Ethiopian plane crashes off Lebanon

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Ethiopian plane crashes off Lebanon Ethiopian plane crashes off Lebanon An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people fell into the Mediterranean Sea shortly Interactive whiteboard after taking off from Beirut early Monday and at least 33 bodies have been recovered so far according to local media counts.

The ET409 flight,Energy saving lamps, carrying 82 passengers and eight crew members, was bound for the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, it said in a statement, adding that the plane lost contact with Lebanese air controllers shortly after takeoff from Beirut.

According to local Naharnet website, so far at least 33 bodies have been recovered #x from the jet crash, while rescue teams have collected some wreckage pieces of the plane and moved them to Lebanese Army barracks in order to be sent later to laboratories in foreign countries.

Lebanese Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi earlier said at the airport that the airliner carried 83 passengers and seven crew members and that "the crash site has been identified 3.5 km west of the coastal village of Naameh" near Beirut.

Aridi told local television that bad weather conditions are probably the main reason for the crash as the Ethiopian airliner was flying in a thunder storm and heavy rain.

A Lebanese committee was set up to investigate the crash, he said Interactive whiteboard, adding that the committee will cooperate with a French team to uncover the details of the disaster.

He said the Lebanese Armed Forces and the UN maritime task force serving off the Lebanese coast were taking part in the search-and-rescue operation.

A rescuer carries the debris of the Boeing 737-800 passenger plane of Ethiopian Airlines that crashed off the Lebanese coast, south of the capital Beirut, on Jan. 25, 2010. (Xinhua) Local LBCI TV channel reported that a U.S. fleet located outside Lebanese territorial waters is also taking part in the search and rescue operation.

Aridi said that among the passengers, 57 were Lebanese nationals#x, three with dual nationalities: British, Canadian and Russian, and others include one Iraqi, one Syrian, and two French nationals were also on board, and the rest were Ethiopians.

However, the Ethiopian Airlines statement said the passengers include 51 Lebanese nationals and 24 Ethiopians, and others from Turkey and other countries.

The French embassy in Beirut announced in a statement that the wife Interactive whiteboard of France's ambassador to Lebanon Denis Pietton was among the passengers. 相关的主题文章：