Ua hāʻule ka mokulele ʻo Ethiopian Airlines ma Beirut

Ua hāʻule paha kekahi mokulele ʻAitiopa i loko o ke Kai Mediterranean ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana mai Beirut i kēia kakahiaka nui, ua hōʻike ʻia e ka mokuʻāina ʻo Lebanese National News Agency.

Ua nalowale ka mokulele Boeing Co. ma kahi o 4:30 am, me 92 poʻe kaʻa a me nā hui o luna, wahi a ka hōʻike. Ua nalowale ka mokulele mai nā pale radar ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana iā Rafik Hariri International Airport ma 2:10 am, wahi a kekahi luna mokulele, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i ʻae ʻia e kamaʻilio me ka pāpā.

Ua holo ka mokulele ET409 no Addis Ababa, e like me ka punaewele o ka mokulele. ʻO ka poʻe kaʻa i komo ma kahi o 50 mau lāhui Lebanona, me ka hapa nui o ke koena mai ʻAitiopa, hōʻike ʻo Sky News, me ka ʻole o ka haʻi ʻana mai kahi i loaʻa ai ka ʻike.

Ua pā ʻia ʻo Lebanona e ka nalu o ka ua nui i ka pule i hala.
ʻAʻole i pane ʻia nā kelepona i ke keʻena media ʻo Ethiopian Airlines ma Addis Ababa a me ke kelepona paʻa o ka Luna Nui ʻo Girma Wake. Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻōlelo a Boeing, ʻo Sandy Angers, ʻaʻole ia i hōʻoia i ka hāʻule ʻana a ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻōlelo koke.

Hoʻohana ʻo Ethiopian Airlines i nā ʻauwaʻa o 37 ka nui o nā mokulele Boeing, e like me kāna pūnaewele. Loaʻa iā ia nā kauoha koʻikoʻi no nā mokulele me 10 787 Dreamliners, 12 Airbus SAS A350s a me 5 Boeing 777s, e like me ka pūnaewele. Ua hoʻolaha ka mokulele a me Boeing i kahi kuʻikahi no 10 737s ma Ianuali 22.

ʻAʻole i loaʻa i ka mea lawe kaʻa i kahi pōʻino make mai Nowemapa 1996, i ka wā i make ai ka poʻe 125 i ka wā o ka hijacking ma luna o kahi Boeing 767 e holo ana no Abidjan, Ivory Coast, e like me ka Flight Safety Foundation.

-Me ke kōkua mai Susanna Ray ma Seattle a me Ben Livesey ma Lākana. Lunahooponopono: Neil Denslow, Anand Krishnamoorthy.