Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Commercial airliner crashes in the Medditerranean

The commercial flight carrying 90 passengers headed towards the Ethiopian capital crashed in the early hours of Monday morning, reported the Kare 11 News. The airliner caught fire shortly after takeoff and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea just off the shore of Lebanon, but the cause of the fire has yet to be determined. So far there have been no survivors found in the search on the sea, but search crews including the U.S. Navy will continue to look for survivors. There have been an uncertain number of bodies found from the waters ranging from a dozen to 20 bodies.

There is no suspected terrorism behind the plane crash and any "sabotage" has been dismissed.  The flight had take off into a storm that had been occurring since Sunday and has not been ruled out in a cause of the fire or crash.

Currently, the wreckage is being gathered during the search in the waters.  Pieces of the plane have slowly been recovered including items and luggage from on board.  Other debris is also washing up on the shores that are also being recovered.  The search crews hope to find the black boxes that are within in the cockpit of aircrafts for more answers of the plane crash.  Crews are working removing the fuselage from the water in hopes to find more answers and bodies.

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