Indiza ye-Ethiopian Airlines cishe iphahlazeke oLwandle iMedithera ngemuva kokusuka eBeirut ekuseni namhlanje, kubika i-Lebanese National News Agency.
Indiza iBoeing Co. yanyamalala ngezithuba zabo-4:30 ekuseni, inabantu abangu-92 abebegibele kanye nabasebenzi, kusho umbiko. Indiza yanyamalala ezikrinini ze-radar ngemuva kokusuka eRafik Hariri International Airport ngo-2:10 ekuseni, kusho isikhulu sesikhumulo sezindiza, esinqabile ukudalulwa ngoba singagunyaziwe ukukhuluma nabezindaba.
Indiza engu-ET409 ibibheke e-Addis Ababa, ngokusho kwesizindalwazi sesikhumulo sezindiza. Abagibeli bahlanganisa abantu baseLebanon ababalelwa ku-50, iningi labasele e-Ethiopia, kubika iSky News, ngaphandle kokusho ukuthi iluthathephi lolu lwazi.
ILebanon ihlaselwe igagasi lemvula enamandla ngesonto eledlule.
Izingcingo ezibhekiswe ehhovisi labezindaba le-Ethiopian Airlines engaphansi kukahulumeni e-Addis Ababa kanye nomakhalekhukhwini weSikhulu Esiphezulu u-Girma Wake bezingaphendulwa. Okhulumela iBoeing, uSandy Angers, uthe okwamanje akakabi naso isiqiniseko ngengozi futhi akakwazanga ukuphawula ngokushesha.
I-Ethiopian Airlines isebenzisa uxhaxha lwezindiza ezingama-37 ikakhulukazi i-Boeing, ngokusho kwesizindalwazi sayo. Iphinde ibe nama-oda endiza ahamba phambili okubalwa i-10 787 Dreamliners, 12 Airbus SAS A350s kanye nama-5 Boeing 777s, ngokusho kwesiza. Inkampani yezindiza kanye ne-Boeing bamemezele isivumelwano se-10 737s ngo-Jan. 22.
Le nkampani yezimoto ayizange yehlelwe yingozi eyingozi kusukela ngoNovemba 1996, ngesikhathi kushona abantu abangu-125 ngesikhathi kudunwa i-Boeing 767 ilibangise e-Abidjan, e-Ivory Coast, ngokusho kweFlight Safety Foundation.
-Ngosizo lukaSusanna Ray eSeattle kanye noBen Livesey eLondon. Abahleli: uNeil Denslow, u-Anand Krishnamoorthy.
