# NTSB DCA10RA023: Boeing 737, Beirut, Lebanon, January 25, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 25, 2010, 00:41 local (00:41 UTC)
- Place: Beirut, Lebanon
- Coordinates: 39.821109, 35.488334 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8211&lon=35.4883&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 90 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75304
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10RA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75304/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10RA023

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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