Update on the Ethiopian Airliner that went down off Lebanon

Strange turn puzzles investigators researching Ethiopian airlines flight 409
Not saying this was a terrorist caused crash but until we have more information, terrorism cannot be ruled out. There was very bad weather the plane was flying through as it was climbing up to cruising altitude. Time and evidence will hopefully tell us the truth.

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CBC News: The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after taking off in stormy weather flew in the opposite direction from that recommended by the control tower, Lebanon's transportation minister said Tuesday.

The tower "asked him to correct his path but he did a very fast and strange turn before disappearing completely from the radar," Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi told The Associated Press. The Boeing 737-800 had taken off from Beirut airport Monday during thunderstorms and lightning. It went down 3½ kilometres off the Lebanese coast at roughly 2:30 a.m. local time, only minutes after takeoff en route to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.

All 90 people, including a Canadian passenger, are feared dead. Search-and-rescue teams have so far recovered more than 20 bodies and are looking for the plane's black box and flight data recorder. "Nobody is saying the pilot is to blame for not heeding orders," Aridi said, adding: "There could have been many reasons for what happened.…Only the black box can tell." . . . Continue reading