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| Ethiopia jet 'crashes off Beirut' | Ethiopia jet 'crashes off Beirut' |
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| An Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after taking off from Beirut airport in Lebanon. | An Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after taking off from Beirut airport in Lebanon. |
| Lebanese aviation sources said the plane was heading for the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and had 85 passengers on board. | Lebanese aviation sources said the plane was heading for the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and had 85 passengers on board. |
| Reuters news agency quotes airport sources as saying that about 50 of the passengers were Lebanese nationals. | Reuters news agency quotes airport sources as saying that about 50 of the passengers were Lebanese nationals. |
| The majority of the remaining passengers were Ethiopian, they add. | The majority of the remaining passengers were Ethiopian, they add. |
| Thousands of Ethiopians are employed as domestic helpers in Lebanon. | Thousands of Ethiopians are employed as domestic helpers in Lebanon. |
| The plane, believed to be a Boeing 737, reportedly disappeared from radar screens some five minutes after take-off in stormy weather. | |
| The plane is said to have left Beirut shortly after its scheduled departure time of 0310 local time. | The plane is said to have left Beirut shortly after its scheduled departure time of 0310 local time. |
| Residents who live near the coast are reported to have witnessed a plane on fire crashing into the sea. | Residents who live near the coast are reported to have witnessed a plane on fire crashing into the sea. |
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