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Breaking: Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX has reportedly been involved in a fatal incident, en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. #ET302
Statement from PM
Ethiopian Airlines flight #ET302 dropped from radar 6 minutes after departure from Addis Ababa
The jet is a brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 - delivered to the airline just four months ago.
The jet is a brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 - delivered to the airline just four months ago.
Confirmed: Ethiopian Airlines says the #737MAX flight to Nairobi with 149 passengers and eight crew members onboard has crashed
This is the second major, fatal accident involving the Boeing 737 MAX in less than five months.
Update: Ethiopian Airlines statement — search and rescue underway.
• Airline says it lost contact with #ET302 a 737MAX at 08:44am local time.
• Airline says it lost contact with #ET302 a 737MAX at 08:44am local time.
The brand new Boeing #737MAX (involved in today’s Ethiopian Airlines crash) is in service with many airlines worldwide — including: American Airlines, Norwegian, FlyDubai, Air Italy,
LOT Polish Airlines & TUI.
LOT Polish Airlines & TUI.
Latest: Ethiopia's state broadcaster says there are no survivors in 737MAX crash #ET302 - awful news
Breaking: Ethiopian Airlines CEO at the crash site — tragic photo displaying very little remains of flight #ET302
Kenya's transport secretary: There were passengers from at least 35 countries onboard #ET302
LIVE: Let’s be clear, @FlyEthiopian is an incredibly safe & trusted airline. This is not an airline with a “poor safety record” as the presenter said. #ET302
Update: There are currently hundreds of Boeing #737MAX jets airborne across the globe right now, including an @FlyEthiopian Airlines one.
United Nations: 19 staff members at UN-affiliated organisations were onboard the Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX #ET302
Live on @AlJazeera: Background to Boeing’s #737MAX aircraft — the latest short-haul jet from the US, already in service on several continents
Latest: Boeing says it has “no basis” to issue new guidance to airlines (such as grounding) “based on information available so far” in Ethiopian Airlines #ET302 crash investigation $BA
Update: @FlyEthiopian Airlines confirm they have recovered both:
• flight data recorder - (which records all aspects of flight, aerodynamic performance, etc)
• cockpit voice recorder - (which records chatter, sounds, transmissions) #ET302
• flight data recorder - (which records all aspects of flight, aerodynamic performance, etc)
• cockpit voice recorder - (which records chatter, sounds, transmissions) #ET302
Breaking: Morocco’s national airline, Royal Air Maroc has become the latest airline to ground all Boeing #737MAX aircraft.
The disparity between Boeing’s current stance on #737MAX and (multiple) airlines’ decision to ground the jet is fuelling passenger concern worldwide.
As China & others ground all 737 MAX’s, it leaves a Norwegian Air passenger questioning why the jet is safe ‘here’ and not there?
As China & others ground all 737 MAX’s, it leaves a Norwegian Air passenger questioning why the jet is safe ‘here’ and not there?
Live on @AlJazeera: “When I met with the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, he explained that not all new airline jet models could prove they could operate reliably from hot & high airport, Addis Ababa” #ET302
Breaking: South Africa’s Comair – a British Airways franchisee airline – has grounded its #737MAX jet.
