Afran : Fuselage of crashed Ethiopian airliner found
on 2010/2/7 9:34:47
Afran

BEIRUT, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The fuselage of the Ethiopian airliner that crashed into the Mediterranean sea off Lebanon's coast last month have been located, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported.

The NNA quoted Ghazi Aridi, Minister of Public Works and Transportation, as saying that key parts of the Ethiopian airplane have been located facing Nehme beach, and photographs of these parts have been captured.

An agreement was made between the command of the ship Ocean Alert and Lebanese Armed Forces command to send scuba divers from the Army to retrieve the black box once it is located.

The minister told the local Future News television that the black box recovery should happen within hours of his announcement on Saturday.

He said the black boxes will be sent to the French Investigative Bureau (Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses, BEA) upon recovery, adding that the investigation will take some time.

The local New TV reported that the fuselage was located 45 meters underwater, off Nehmeh coast south of Beirut.

The plane, which crashed on January 25, fell into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport in thunderstorm.

There is no survivors found, and all 90 people on board are feared dead.

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