Inqwelomoya ye-Ethiopian Airlines ingene kulwandle lweMeditera emva kokuba indulukile eBeirut kusasa namhlanje, i-Arhente yeLizwe laseLebhanon.
Inqwelomoya ye-Boeing Co inyamalale malunga ne-4: 30 kusasa, nabantu abangama-92 abakhweli kunye nabasebenzi, itsho ingxelo. Inqwelomoya yanyamalala kwizikrini ze-radar emva kokushiya iRafik Hariri International Airport ngo-2: 10 kusasa, latsho igosa lesikhululo seenqwelomoya, elingavumi ukufunyanwa ngenxa yokuba bengagunyaziswanga ukuba bathethe namajelo eendaba.
Inqwelomoya i-ET409 yayiye eAddis Ababa, ngokwewebhusayithi yeSikhululo seenqwelomoya. Abagibeli babandakanya malunga nama-50 abantu baseLebhanon, uninzi lwentsalela yase-Ethiopia, ingxelo ye-Sky News, ingakhange ichaze ukuba ilufumana phi olu lwazi.
ILebhanon ibethwe liliza lezantyalantyala zemvula kwiveki ephelileyo.
Iminxeba eya kwiofisi kaRhulumente ye-Ethiopian Airlines e-Addis Ababa kunye nomnxeba ophathwayo weGosa eliyiNtloko uGirma Wake awuphendulwanga. Isithethi sika-Boeing uSandy Angers uthe akabinaso isiqinisekiso sengozi kwaye akakwazanga ukuphendula kwangoko.
Iinqwelo-moya zase-Itopiya zisebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezingama-37 ubukhulu becala zeenqwelomoya zeBoeing, ngokwewebhusayithi yayo. Ikwanayo nemiyalelo ebalaseleyo yenqwelomoya kubandakanya i-10 787 Dreamliners, ii-Airbus SAS A12s kunye ne-350 Boeing 5s, ngokwendawo leyo. I-airline kunye neBoeing babhengeze isivumelwano nge-777 10s nge-737 kaJanuwari.
Umntu ophetheyo akazange afumane ingozi eyonzakalisayo ukusukela ngoNovemba 1996, xa kwasweleka abantu abali-125 ngexesha lokuqweqwedisa e-Boeing 767 elibhekise e-Abidjan, e-Ivory Coast, ngokwe-Flight Safety Foundation.
Ngoncedo oluvela kuSusanna Ray eSeattle naseBen Livesey eLondon. Abahleli: Neil Denslow, Anand Krishnamoorthy.
