What is so far about the accident flight ET302 known

157 people died in the crash of a brand-new Boeing 737 Max by Ethiopian Airlines. The previously known facts about the Crash of flight ET302.

It is a sad Déjà-vu: After the crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Lion Air last October, is on Sunday (10. March), a almost fully occupied, and also the new Boeing 737 Max of the Ethiopian Airlines crash. All 157 people on Board died. Some facts about the crash are known. The Overview:

The Course:

Flight ET302 started at 8.38 a.m. local time on runway 07R of the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Destination Nairobi. The Boeing 737 Max 8 flew at first straight in the direction of the East. They rose according to records of flight radar 24 is not continuous, it came to phases of a climb and a descent. Shortly after takeoff, the pilots had reported a technical Problem. They got the result from the control tower for permission to repent. After about six minutes of flight time, the contact to the Cockpit broke off, however.

The Accident:

The accident site is located in Bishoftu, 40 km Southeast of Addis Ababa. On the ground, a huge, several meters shows a deeper crater. On the surface of the wreck are scattered parts and belongings of the passengers. This indicates a mark-up at high speed. The accident site is located to the South of the place of the last radio contact.

The Pilots:

The aircraft was controlled by captain Y. G. (Ethiopian-Kenyan citizens) and co-pilot. The captain had more than 8200 flight hours of experience and has been working since 2010 in the case of Ethiopian Airlines. The co-pilot had 200 hours of experience.

The Weather:

The meteorological conditions in Addis Ababa at the time of the accident.

The Victims:

On Board the accident flight ET302 149 passengers were. They had 35 different nationalities, a Person was stateless. The majority of the victims came from Kenya (32) Canada (18). Also, five German and three Austrian belong to the deceased. The crew consisted of eight men and women.

The Plane:

The crashed machine was carrying the registration ET-AAR. The Boeing 737 Max 8 on 15. November 2018 Ethiopian Airlines has been delivered. She came up to the accident at approximately 1200 hours of operation. On 4. In February, she ran the last major Check. Before you started in the direction of Nairobi, was flown from Johannesburg to Addis Ababa. There were no extraordinary incidents or problems. Also, the technicians and pilots reported prior to the Start of nothing.

The Airline:

Ethiopian Airlines was founded in 1945 with assistance from TWA in 1965 and got its current name. She has to prescribe in the past few years, a steady growth rate and Addis uses Ababa as a hub for connecting flights in the direction of Africa and the middle East. The airline is since 2010 a member of the Star Alliance, including Lufthansa and their daughters belong to. The aircraft consists of a little over 100 aircraft.

The Boeing 737 Max:

The model is a modernization of the Short - and medium-range classic. The first Boeing 737 Max was in may 2017 in service. At that time, the Malaysian Malindo Air was the first airline in the world with a copy. Today, worldwide, more than 350 Boeing 737 Max are in use. The crash of flight ET302 is the second total loss of the model with fatalities within five months.

The Parallel to accident flight JT610 of Lion Air:

Some of the Parallels between the crash of flight ET302 and the JT610. When the two crash a brand-new Boeing 737 Max 8, was affected. There was a short time after the Start-up problems and a unkonsistentes flight profile. However, there are also differences: The Crash of Lion Air had already on the previous flight problems. In addition, the machine had been repaired before the crash.

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