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.