Quentin Tarantino to lead Venice film jury

US director Quentin Tarantino is to head the jury at this year’s Venice Film Festival, it has been announced. The Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction creator will lead the panel of judges awarding the festival’s main prize, The Golden Lion. He takes over the role from Taiwanese-born director Ang Lee, who led last year’s jury [...]

Black box of crashed Ethiopian jet sent to France

One of the black boxes recovered from the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed on January 25 off Lebanon’s coast has been sent to France for analysis, a spokeswoman for the airlines said on Tuesday. “We cannot say when we’ll have news because it is a process and there is an investigation,” Wogayehu Terefe told AFP. [...]

Tail of crashed Ethiopian jet located

The tail of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month has been located by the search crews, Lebanon’s transportation minister said on Saturday, and added that they are getting closer to finding the plane’s black box. The Boeing 737 crashed Jan. 25 minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people [...]

Crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet’s flight recorders located

A U.S. Navy vessel has detected the flight recorders of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet at some 1,300 meters under the sea, the Lebanese army said on Thursday. The plane went down in flames immediately after take-off from Beirut early Monday in a fierce storm. All 90 people on board are feared dead. It could [...]

Boats search ocean for Beirut crash black boxes

Emergency workers are reported to expand their search radius for the wreckage of the Ethiopian Airlines jet crash if they do not find the black boxes on Wednesday, an army official said. Searchers have fanned out for 18 miles (30 kilometers) along Beirut’s coast, and about 5 miles (8 kilometers) out to sea, said the official, [...]

Pilot of Ethiopian jet crash did not follow tower’s advice

The pilot of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea on Monday flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended to it by the control tower after taking off from Beirut in thunderstorms, Lebanon’s transportation minister said on Tuesday. The 90 passengers in the Boeing 737 are feared dead. The plane went [...]

Hopes low for survivors as search for Ethiopian plane victims continues

The searchers and rescuers continued on Tuesday to find victims of Mondays’ Ethiopian jet crash off the coast of Lebanon. Along with victims, they tried to recover the black boxes and flight data recorder so as to determine the cause of the crash. As the search continues, all 90 people aboard the Ethiopian Airlines jet [...]

90 feared dead including two Britons in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

Two British Nationals were included among 90 passengers and crew aboard in Boeing 737 of Ethiopian Airlines which crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after take-off from Beirut’s airport.  The head of the airlines said there was little chance of finding any survivor of the crashed plane. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 was just minutes into its [...]

Ethiopian plane crash death toll rises as 34 bodies are found

An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut early Monday, setting off a frantic search as passenger seats, baby sandals and other debris washed ashore. At least 34 bodies were recovered. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Lebanon has seen stormy weather [...]

14 bodies recovered in Ethiopian plane crash

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut in stormy weather early on Monday and the airline’s chief executive said there was no word of survivors. The Boeing 737-800, heading for Addis Ababa, disappeared off the radar some five minutes after taking off at 2:37 a.m. [...]

Ethiopian plane with 90 passengers crashes off Lebanon

An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 passengers crashed into the Mediterranean Sea early Monday, just a few minutes after takeoff from Beirut, authorities said. 12 bodies were recovers as rescuers searched the waters. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Lebanon has been slammed by bad weather since Sunday night, with crackling thunder, lightning and [...]