According to an article on VOANews, Ethiopian Airlines officials are closely following a report that a captured terrorism suspect has told of a bomb aboard a plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon in January. Investigators have not determined the cause more than two months after the crash.
A report on a U.S. Internet Web site says British intelligence agents have reopened their investigation into the mysterious crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet January 25. The Boeing 737 plunged into the Mediterranean Sea minutes after takeoff from Beirut airport, killing all 90 people aboard.
News reports initially quoted witnesses as saying the plane had broken up in the air and fallen into the sea in a ball of flames. But Lebanese officials immediately ruled out terrorism, and suggested pilot error was to blame.
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If this is true, The TSA May 1, 2010 deadline to UP the screened cargo to 75%
would be in order…This is a developing story for the Air Cargo world.
Glen E. Winn Condoe-Avsec INC…
This was reported when this happened. There was a bomb on board. That was the reason for the crash. The Lebanese gov’t sqaushed that version saying it was pilot error. My understanding there was a Hizbollah member on the plane. He switched planes and avoided the attack.