Crashed Jet’s Recorders Located Off Lebanon Coast
- 14 years ago
An update on the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on Monday. A U.S. vessel has located flight recorders off the Lebanon coast, that would shed some light on why the pilot failed to respond to a request to change direction. The plane crashed in the air before plunging into the Mediterranean during a thunderstorm.
A U.S. navy vessel located flight recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon on Monday.
According to a security official, the U.S. ship located black boxes that were about 4,000 feet underwater. Search teams need to assess the best way to retrieve the recorders.
Flight ET409, a Boeing 737-800, was carrying 90 passengers mostly Lebanese and Ethiopian, and was heading to Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
The plane apparently broke up in the air before plunging in a ball of fire into the Mediterranean during a thunderstorm early on Monday.
The security official also said it was too early to say whether the USS Ramage had also located the plane’s fuselage.
Lebanese and international teams, including European and U.N.peacekeeping ships, helicopters, planes and divers have been scouring a search area 6 miles out to sea for the plane's fuselage and more of its victims.
The search has been hampered by rough seas and uneven depth of the sea bed.
A U.S. navy vessel located flight recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon on Monday.
According to a security official, the U.S. ship located black boxes that were about 4,000 feet underwater. Search teams need to assess the best way to retrieve the recorders.
Flight ET409, a Boeing 737-800, was carrying 90 passengers mostly Lebanese and Ethiopian, and was heading to Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
The plane apparently broke up in the air before plunging in a ball of fire into the Mediterranean during a thunderstorm early on Monday.
The security official also said it was too early to say whether the USS Ramage had also located the plane’s fuselage.
Lebanese and international teams, including European and U.N.peacekeeping ships, helicopters, planes and divers have been scouring a search area 6 miles out to sea for the plane's fuselage and more of its victims.
The search has been hampered by rough seas and uneven depth of the sea bed.