Ngokwe-CEO ye-Ethiopian Airlines UMnu Tewolde GebreMariam, othathelwa ingqalelo Ititan yeshishini lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, ukapteni kwi-ET 302 emva kokuthatha uhambo ukusuka eAddis Ababa ngenqwelomoya eya eNairobi uxele ubunzima ngenqwelomoya. Umnumzana GebreMariam ukuthethe oku kwinkomfa yoonondaba eAddis Ababa kwimizuzu edlulileyo, ngokokutsho kweentatheli zalapha.
Abalawuli bezithuthi zomoya bakhuphe imvume yokuba inqwelomoya ibuyele kwisikhululo senqwelomoya kwisiXeko esiyiNtloko sase-Itopiya kwaye yaphazamiseka kwinkqubo, yabulala wonke umntu owayekhwele kuyo.
Le meko ivakala ifana kakhulu kwimeko ye-Airbus 737-800 had, kubandakanya ingozi yamva nje kwiLions Air.
Airlines yaseTopiya yathathwa njengoyena mphathi ubalaseleyo wase-Afrika kunyaka ophelileyo yi-Skytrax yase-UK. Ixele ukuba ithwele ngaphezulu kwe-10.6 yezigidi zabakhweli kunyaka-mali wayo ka-2017/2018, inyuko ngama-21% kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye inentle yokhuseleko simo, amanqaku 6/7, ngokwe Airlines Ukulinganisa.
Ngokwe Wikepedia Inethiwekhi yoKhuseleko loPhapho irekhodisha iingozi ezingama-60 / izehlo ze-Airlines zase-Ethiopia ezibalelwa i-322 yokusweleka ukusukela ngo-1965, kunye neengozi ezintandathu ze-Ethiopian Lines, i-airline yangaphambili's igama. Ukusukela ngoJulayi 1948, inkampani yabhala inqwelomoya ezingama-36, kubandakanya ezintathu zeBoeing 707s, ezimbini zeBoeing 737s, iBoeing 767 enye, ezimbini zeDouglas DC-3s, ezimbini zeDouglas DC-6, enye yaseHavilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo, ezimbini de Havilland Canada DHC -6 I-Twin Otters, ii-subtypes ezingama-21 ze-Douglas C-47, enye ye-Lockheed L-749 Constellation kunye ne-Lockheed L-100 Hercules.
Inqwelo moya's eyona ngozi idume kakhulu yenzeka ngo-Novemba ka-1996, xa i-Boeing 767-200ER eyayiqweqwedisiwe yagadla kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, kunxweme lweComoros Islands, ngenxa yendlala, yabulala abakhweli abali-125 kwabali-175 kunye nabasebenzi ababekhwele. Isiqendu sesithathu sokubulala senzeka ngoJanuwari ka-2010 kwaye sibandakanya iBoeing 737-800 eyayisandul 'ukumka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Beirut – Rafic Hariri kwaye yaya kulwandle lweMeditera, kunxweme lweLebhanon; babengama-90 abantu ababekhwele, kungekho namnye kubo osindileyo. Ingozi ye-Boeing 737-200 kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseBahir Dar ngoSeptemba ka-1988 ikwangumphathi's Ingozi yesine yokubulala, kunye ne-35 yokufa, kubantu abangama-104 ebhodini.
