Ndege ya Ethiopian Airlines yagwa ku Beirut

Ndege ya Ethiopian Airlines mwina idagwa m'nyanja ya Mediterranean itanyamuka ku Beirut m'mawa uno, bungwe la National News Agency ku Lebanon linanena.

Ndege ya Boeing Co. idasowa cha m'ma 4:30 am, ndipo anthu 92 adakwera ndi ogwira nawo ntchito, lipotilo lidatero. Ndegeyo idasowa pazithunzi za radar itachoka ku Rafik Hariri International Airport nthawi ya 2:10 am, watero mkulu wa eyapoti, yemwe adakana kudziwika chifukwa sanaloledwe kulankhula ndi atolankhani.

Ndege ya ET409 idapita ku Addis Ababa, malinga ndi tsamba lawebusayiti ya eyapoti. Okwerawo adaphatikizanso nzika pafupifupi 50 zaku Lebanon, ambiri mwa otsala aku Ethiopia, Sky News idanenanso, osanena komwe idapeza.

Lebanon yakhudzidwa ndi mvula yamkuntho sabata yatha.
Mafoni opita ku ofesi ya atolankhani ya Ethiopian Airlines ku Addis Ababa komanso pafoni yam'manja ya Chief Executive Officer Girma Wake sanayankhidwe. Mneneri wa Boeing Sandy Angers adati alibe chitsimikizo chilichonse cha ngoziyi ndipo sanathe kuyankhapo nthawi yomweyo.

Ethiopian Airlines imagwiritsa ntchito gulu la ndege 37 makamaka za Boeing, malinga ndi tsamba lake. Ilinso ndi madongosolo apamwamba a ndege kuphatikiza 10 787 Dreamliners, 12 Airbus SAS A350s ndi 5 Boeing 777s, malinga ndi tsambalo. Ndege ndi Boeing adalengeza mgwirizano wa 10 737s pa Jan. 22.

Wonyamula ndegeyo sanachite ngozi yowopsa kuyambira Novembara 1996, pomwe anthu 125 adamwalira atabedwa ndege ya Boeing 767 yopita ku Abidjan, Ivory Coast, malinga ndi Flight Safety Foundation.

-Ndi thandizo lochokera kwa Susanna Ray ku Seattle ndi Ben Livesey ku London. Akonzi: Neil Denslow, Anand Krishnamoorthy.