Ethiopian Airlines flight crash

Ethiopian Airlines flight crash

Question: Which Boeing aircraft suffered crash in its commercial operation from Bole International Airport in Ethiopia?
(a) Boeing-737-800MAX
(b) Boeing-757-200M
(c) Boeing- 747-300 Trijet
(d) Boeing- 707-138B
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • On 10 March 2019; Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 in schedule service from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashes around Bishoftu,southeast of Addis Ababa.
  • All 157 people aboard comprising 149 passengers and eight crew members lost their life in the tragic airplane crash.
  • The aircraft Boeing-737-800MAX lost contact soon after taking off from Bole International Airport in the Ethiopia capital.
  • Four Indians also died in this crash, one of them was Indian Environment Ministry consultant, Shikha Garg and she was on her way to attend a UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) meeting.

Links:

https://www.ethiopianairlines.com/corporate/media/media-relations/press-release/detail/1078

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/four-indians-among-157-killed-as-ethiopian-airlines-flight-crashes/articleshow/68350162.cms

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/all-killed-on-ethiopian-airlines-flight-that-crashed/article26486838.ece

https://fox6now.com/2019/03/10/157-dead-after-ethiopian-airlines-boeing-737-crashes-minutes-after-takeoff/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-10/ethiopian-airlines-flight-to-nairobi-crashes-with-157-people/10887840

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ethiopian-airlines-crash-help-me-reach-her-family-sushma-swarajs-tweets-on-indian-shikha-garg-killed-2005667