Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (APA) An Ethiopian training airplane crashed late on Tuesday in Butajira, located some 160 km South of Addis Ababa killing its sole occupant, the trainer pilot, sources confirmed here Wednesday.
Ethiopian air lines made the announcement, explaining that the aircraft hit a mountain during its flight killing the pilot instantly.
The pilot had thrown signals of bad weather shortly before the crash, the source said.
The training air plane, SISINA 101, had been used for the past few years to train Ethiopians and foreigners at the training center owned by Ethiopian air lines.
Meanwhile, a technical team has been despatched to the area to investigate the real cause of the incident and possibly retrieve the body of the Ethiopian trainer pilot.
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this a clear sign of, lack of leadership and poor management pilots are still training with aircrafts over 30 years old.
this is an airline that brags about how much profit the airline has made but can not provide safe and current aircrafts for it’s future pilots.
one hell of hipocrate management team. they just dragging the airline down.
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January 3rd, 2009 at 3:27 PM
I am very sad. I was a student pilot too and nearly escaped fatal crush because of bad weather. The training airplanes are not designed for bad weather conditions. I think they had bad weather report. May God be with the pilot’s family and may his/her soul rest in peace.
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January 7th, 2009 at 2:02 AM