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[Published: Tuesday January 26 2010]

Ethiopia crash plane 'flew wrong way'

Beirut, 26 Jan-(ANA)-The Ethiopian jet that crashed into the sea off Beirut on Monday did not fly in the direction suggested by Beirut's control tower, Lebanese officials say.

Ministers said the pilot of the Ethiopian Airlines jet was asked to correct his course, but turned in the opposite direction.

It is not clear why this happened, or if it was beyond the pilot's control.

The authorities continue to search for the bodies of the 90 people on board the plane, who are all feared dead.

At least 24 bodies have been pulled from the sea so far. The authorities are also looking for the plane's flight recorders.

Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi told the Associated Press news agency that the Beirut control tower had asked the pilot "to correct his path, but he did a very fast and strange turn before disappearing completely from the radar". (ANA)

FA/ANA/26 January 2010----

 


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