The passenger Boeing crashed in Ethiopia, 157 people were killed. Main

Boeing 737 Airlines Ethiopian Airlines flew out of Addis Abab, on the morning of March 10 . The liner operated the ET302 flight to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Six minutes after departure (about 8:44 pm local time), the plane disappeared from the radar and crashed in the Bishoft area, several tens of kilometers west of the capital of Ethiopia. At 11 in the morning, the collapse report was officially confirmed at the airline. They stated that out of 149 passengers and eight crew members no one survived.

Among the passengers of Boeing were three Russians. This was announced by TASS with reference to the statement by Ethiopian Airlines, and soon the message was confirmed in the consular department of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kenya. Diplomats called the names of the dead Russians: Ekaterina Polyakova, Alexander Polyakov and Sergey Vyalikov. In total, according to BBC News , there were 33 citizens on board. Ethiopia authorities brought condolences to the relatives of the dead.

The Flightradar24 service reports that after taking off the vertical speed of the airliner was "unstable." The official reasons for the disaster have not yet been named. According to eyewitnesses, a strong fire began at the scene of the aircraft, and fire brigades arrived there three hours after the disaster.

Ethiopian Airlines is considered a reliable airline. BBC News quotes the editors of Flight Global magazine, who calls Ethiopian “Pearl among African carriers”. According to the expert, the airline uses the latest aircraft for both long -range and near flights. In particular, according to the publication, the Boeing 737 Max-8 began to fly in 2016 and was purchased by Ethiopian in July 2018 (at the same time, according to Airfleets.net , this aircraft made the first flight in October 2018).

This is not the first disaster in recent months with the participation of the same Boeing model. On October 29, 2018, the Boeing 737 Max-8, belonging to the Indonesian airline Lion Air, broke up . The liner fell into the Java Sea, all on board 189 people died. After the disaster, The Wall Street Journal wrote that Boeing hid from carriers that new aircraft in some conditions can break into the peak . After the crash of Ethiopian Airlines, Boeing said they "carefully monitor the situation." Later, the company announced that due to the disaster, it canceled the presentation of its new Boeing 777x wide-body aircraft, scheduled for March 13 in Seattle.

Updated . Ethiopian Airlines announced a temporary refusal to use all Boeing 737 Max-8 aircraft. The company noted that this was done as an additional precaution - despite the fact that the causes of the disaster in Ethiopia are still unknown.

Konstantin Benyumov