Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
	ET-AVJ, the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date	10 March 2019
Summary	Loss of control in flight
Site	Bishoftu, near Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ; 8°52′37″N 39°15′04″E / 8.87694°N 39.25111°E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 737 MAX 8
Operator	Ethiopian Airlines
IATA flight No.	ET302
ICAO flight No.	ETH302
Call sign	ETHIOPIAN 302
Registration	ET-AVJ
Flight origin	Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Destination	Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
Occupants	157
Passengers	149
Crew	8
Fatalities	157
Survivors	0

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. On 10 March 2019, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed six minutes after takeoff near the town of Bishoftu, Oromia Region. All 157 passengers and crew aboard died. The cause of the accident is currently unknown and under investigation.^[1]

20km
12miles

Addis Ababa Bole

Impact site

Notable people killed in the crash were Nigerian-Canadian writer Pius Adesanmi and Italian politician Sebastiano Tusa.^[3]^[4]

As of January 2019, 350 aircraft of this model have been produced, and one other has crashed, Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia in October 2018.^[5]^[6] Following the accident, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 model was grounded by various airlines and government regulators worldwide.

References

↑ "Flightradar24 data regarding the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302". Flightradar24 Blog. 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
↑ Cite error: The named reference avherald-et302 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
↑ Pius Adesanmi dies in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash
↑ Schianto Boeing Etiopia, assessore Tusa a bordo. Dal Kenya: "Nessun sopravvissuto" Archived 2019-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
↑ "ET-AVJ Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX". www.planespotters.net.
↑ "Boeing Commercial Airplanes – Orders and Deliveries – 737 Model Summary". Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019. 737 Model Summary Through January 2019 Model Series Orders Deliveries Unfilled {...} 737 MAX 5011 350 4661

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[1] "Flightradar24 data regarding the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302". Flightradar24 Blog. 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[avherald-et302-2] Cite error: The named reference avherald-et302 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).

[3] Pius Adesanmi dies in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

[4] Schianto Boeing Etiopia, assessore Tusa a bordo. Dal Kenya: "Nessun sopravvissuto" Archived 2019-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)

[5] "ET-AVJ Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX". www.planespotters.net.

[6] "Boeing Commercial Airplanes – Orders and Deliveries – 737 Model Summary". Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019. 737 Model Summary Through January 2019 Model Series Orders Deliveries Unfilled {...} 737 MAX 5011 350 4661

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