Ethiopian Airline Flight 409 with 90 passengers on board exploded and plunged into the sea off Lebanon just after takeoff in stormy weather early on Monday.
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Map of Lebanon locating crash of Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737.
Ethiopian Airline Flight 409 with 90 passengers on board exploded and plunged into the sea off Lebanon just after takeoff in stormy weather early on Monday.
The plane was heading from Beirut to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa
Bad weather was blamed for the crash
Here are some pictures and a video link for the crash
Lebanon declared Monday a day of mourning . 54 Lebanese were on the plane
Lebanese army troops inspect the debris of an Ethiopian Boeing 737 that crashed off the Lebanese coast, south of the capital Beirut. Grieving relatives arrive at the airport in Beirut for news of loved ones aboard the Ethiopian airliner. Red Cross paramedics carry to the body of one of the victims of the Ethiopian Boeing 737 crash into the mortuary of a government hospital in BeirutEthiopian women, relatives of passengers of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea, react upon their arrival at Beirut airport, Lebanon.Pieces of the plane and debris were washing ashore in the hours after the crash, including passenger seats, a fire extinguisher and bottles of medicine.