Ethiopian Airlines flightdata recorder recovered
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February 8, 2010, Monday
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SEARCH teams have retrieved a flight recorder belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard.
Lebanese Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said yesterday the teams also located the fuselage of the plane, where most of the bodies of the victims are believed trapped. Two bodies were recovered.
A security official earlier told Reuters that Lebanese navy commandos had recovered the black boxes which were transported to Beirut's naval base and handed to the investigating team. Aridi later said the search teams found only one data recorder and they were looking for the second - the voice recorder.
"The priority now is searching for the rest of the bodies of victims," Aridi told Reuters.
The Boeing 737-800 plane, carrying mostly Lebanese and Ethiopian passengers, crashed minutes after taking off from Beirut in stormy weather, plunging in a ball of fire into the sea. It was bound for Addis Ababa.
The flight recorders should provide a clearer picture on why the pilot failed to respond to the control tower's request to change direction even though he acknowledged their commands, officials said.
The plane had apparently made a sharp turn before disappearing off the radar. Lebanese officials have said it was too early to draw any conclusion of pilot error.
Search teams have been scouring the Mediterranean along the southern Beirut coast for bodies and wreckage.
They have retrieved the plane's rear wings and the cockpit in the last 24 hours. Aridi said the fuselage of the plane was also located.
The Lebanese military said that eight more bodies were recovered yesterday, raising the number of bodies retrieved since the crash to 23.
Lebanese Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said yesterday the teams also located the fuselage of the plane, where most of the bodies of the victims are believed trapped. Two bodies were recovered.
A security official earlier told Reuters that Lebanese navy commandos had recovered the black boxes which were transported to Beirut's naval base and handed to the investigating team. Aridi later said the search teams found only one data recorder and they were looking for the second - the voice recorder.
"The priority now is searching for the rest of the bodies of victims," Aridi told Reuters.
The Boeing 737-800 plane, carrying mostly Lebanese and Ethiopian passengers, crashed minutes after taking off from Beirut in stormy weather, plunging in a ball of fire into the sea. It was bound for Addis Ababa.
The flight recorders should provide a clearer picture on why the pilot failed to respond to the control tower's request to change direction even though he acknowledged their commands, officials said.
The plane had apparently made a sharp turn before disappearing off the radar. Lebanese officials have said it was too early to draw any conclusion of pilot error.
Search teams have been scouring the Mediterranean along the southern Beirut coast for bodies and wreckage.
They have retrieved the plane's rear wings and the cockpit in the last 24 hours. Aridi said the fuselage of the plane was also located.
The Lebanese military said that eight more bodies were recovered yesterday, raising the number of bodies retrieved since the crash to 23.
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