Some info
Quote:ASN Accident Digest Boeing 737 MAX 8 Ethiopian Airlines
Status:
Preliminary
Date:
10 MAR 2019
Time:
08:44
Type:
Boeing 737 MAX 8
Operating for:
Ethiopian Airlines
Registration:
ET-AVJ
C/n / msn:
62450/7243
First flight:
2018
Engines:
2 CFMI LEAP-1B
Crew:
Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 8
Passengers:
Fatalities: 149 / Occupants: 149
Total:
Fatalities: 157 / Occupants: 157
Airplane damage:
Destroyed
Location:
near Bishoftu (Ethiopia)
Phase:
En route
Nature:
International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:
Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD)
Destination airport:
Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)
Flightnumber:
ET302
Narrative: Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa-Bole Airport, Ethiopia. There were no survivors among the 157 occupants. The aircraft took off from runway 07R at Bole Airport at 05:38 UTC (08:38 local time). The airline reports that contact was lost at 08:44 local time. In a press conference the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines stated that the pilot reported difficulties with the aircraft to ATC. He was given clearance to return to the airport.
Weather at the time of the accident was fine with a visibility of 10+ km, few clouds at 2500 feet.
Several countries/airlines have grounded the Boeing 737 MAX as a safety precaution in the wake of the fatal accident involving Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, the second loss of the type after the crash of Lion Air flight 610: all operators in China and Indonesia and Cayman Airways; Comair; Ethiopian Airlines; and Royal Air Maroc.
AIRCRAFT PROFILE BOEING 737-8 MAX
- Last fatal accident involving a Boeing 737-8 MAX: 29-OCT-2018 Boeing 737 MAX 8 PK-LQP Lion Air - 189 fatalties (4 months, 2 weeks ago)
- Total number of hull-losses: 2 (of which 2 were accidents)
- 2nd worst accident involving a Boeing 737-8 MAX
- Survival rate for all fatal Boeing 737-8 MAX accidents: on average 0 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents
AIRCRAFT PROFILE BOEING 737
- Last fatal accident involving a Boeing 737: 29-OCT-2018 Boeing 737 MAX 8 PK-LQP Lion Air - 189 fatalties (132 days ago)
- Total number of hull-losses: 211 (of which 193 were accidents)
- 3rd worst accident involving a Boeing 737
- Survival rate for all fatal Boeing 737 accidents: on average 34.6 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents
COUNTRY PROFILE ETHIOPIA
- Last fatal airliner/bizjet accident in Ethiopia: 30-AUG-2018 DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 ET-AIU/808 Ethiopian AF - 18 fatalities (6 months, 2 weeks ago)
- Total number of fatal airliner/bizjet accidents: 18
- Total number of airliner/bizjet fatalities: 242
- worst airliner/bizjet accident in Ethiopia
- The country is rated Cat. 1 in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)