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 |
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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 was a scheduled international passenger flight from 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 which operated the flight crashed near the town of Bishoftu six minutes after takeoff. All 149 passengers and 8 crew members on board died.
ET 302 is Ethiopian Airlines' deadliest accident to date, surpassing the fatal hijacking of Flight 961 resulting in a crash near the Comoros in 1996. It is also the deadliest aircraft accident to occur in Ethiopia, surpassing the crash of an Ethiopian Air Force Antonov An-26 in 1982, which killed 73 people on board.
The accident was the second involving a MAX 8 in less than five months after the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in the Java Sea. The crashes prompted a two-year worldwide long term grounding of the jet and an investigation into how the aircraft was approved for passenger service.