- Date
- March 10, 2019
- Place
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Injuries
- 157 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- ET-AVJBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 99078
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Unknown or undeterminedAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Ethiopia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 737 that occurred on March 10, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Ethiopia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer of the airplane.All investigative information will be released by the government of Ethiopia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ET-AVJ
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (MAX)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- Addis Ababa
- Destination
- Nairobi