Boeing 737 ET-ANB

Summary

On 25 January 2010 at about 00:41 local time, a Boeing 737 registered ET-ANB, operated by Ethiopian Airlines, was involved in an accident near Beirut, Lebanon. 90 people were on board and 90 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 January 2010 at 00:41

Classification

Accident

Location

Beirut, Lebanon

Nearest airport

Rafic Hariri International (OLBA)

Coordinates

39.8211, 35.4883

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

ET-ANB

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Ethiopian Airlines

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Beirut → Addis Ababa

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

DCA10RA023

90 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On January 25, 2010, about 0041 UTC, Ethiopian Airlines flight 409, Boeing 737-800, ET-ANB, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut-Rafic Hairiri International Airport, Beirut, Lebanon. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 8 crew members and 92 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed and there was no fire. The airplane was en route to Addis Ababa-Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The investigation is being conducted by the Lebanon Ministry of Public Works and Transport. A U.S. Accredited Representative from the NTSB has been assigned to assist in the investigation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.