- Date
- January 25, 2010, 00:41 local (00:41 UTC)
- Place
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Injuries
- 90 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- ET-ANBBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 75304
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On January 25, 2010, about 0041 UTC, Ethiopian Airlines flight 409, Boeing 737-800, ET-ANB, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut-Rafic Hairiri International Airport, Beirut, Lebanon. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 8 crew members and 92 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed and there was no fire. The airplane was en route to Addis Ababa-Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The investigation is being conducted by the Lebanon Ministry of Public Works and Transport. A U.S. Accredited Representative from the NTSB has been assigned to assist in the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ET-ANB
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (800)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29935
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Registered owner
- CIT Aerospace International Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- OLBA · Beirut
- Destination
- HAAB · Addis Ababa
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OLBA · Rafic Hariri International
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- Observed at
- OLBA, 5 nm away