Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ethiopian Airlines ua wikiwiki loa e kāpae i kekahi hiki ke komo pū me ka sabotage ma ke kumu o ka ulia ʻana ʻo Boeing Co. 737 i luku ʻia he 90 poʻe ma kahakai Lebanona i ka mahina i hala.
"Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻokolokolo i kona manawa mua," i ʻōlelo ai ka mea lawe i kahi ʻōlelo ma kāna pūnaewele i nehinei. ʻO ka mokulele "ʻaʻole e kāpae i nā kumu kūpono āpau e like me ka hiki ke sabotage a ʻike ʻia ka hopena hope loa o ka hoʻokolokolo."
ʻO ka lele ʻana ʻo ET409, no ka Addis Ababa, ʻAitiopa, ua nalowale ka pilina me nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa lewa i nā manawa ino i hala ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana mai Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport ma Ianuali 25. ʻAʻohe mea i koe i loaʻa.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Reuters i ka lā 9 o Pep. ʻO ka hewa o ka pailaka ka mea i ulu ai, me ka haʻi ʻana i kahi kanaka ʻike ʻole ʻia i kamaʻāina. Ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina ʻImi Lebanona ʻo Tariq Mitri i ka lā like i hōʻoia ʻole ʻia ke kumu.
Ua kiʻi hou nā luina hulina i hoʻokahi mea hoʻopaʻa pahu ʻeleʻele i ka lā 7 Pepeluali i hoʻouna ʻia i Palani no ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana. Ua loaʻa mai kahi pahu ʻeleʻele ʻelua i nehinei. Hoʻopaʻa nā pahu ʻeleʻele i nā kamaʻilio pailaka a me nā ʻikepili loea e like me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mokulele, ka wikiwiki a me ke ala hele, i hiki ke kōkua i nā mea noiʻi e hoʻoholo i ke kumu o ka hopena.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Kūʻai Lebanona ʻo Mika Murr ʻo ke "ʻilikai" ke kumu o ka hanana, ʻoiai ua manaʻo nā meteorologists ma AccuWeather.com i ka uila i kū i ke ala o ka mokulele i ka manawa o kona haʻalele ʻana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Lebanona ʻo Michel Suleiman ʻaʻohe hōʻike o ka hoʻoweliweli i ka lā o ka hāʻule.
ʻO ka ulia ka mea i pili mua me ʻAitiopa Airlines mai ka makahiki 1988, me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻole ʻia i kahi pōkā make ma 1996, e like me ka ʻikepili mai ke kūkākūkā mokulele Ascend, a ʻo ia ka hā o ka ulia pōpilikia e pili ana i ka hanauna hou 737, i hoʻolauna ʻia 12 mau makahiki i hala.
