newsdire.com reports from Press TV - Airliner crashes in Med from the Lebanese coast - An Ethiopian Airlines said NewsDire.com crashed plane with 90 people aboard in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea shortly after taking off from Beirut International Airport early in the morning of Monday, the Lebanese Minister of Transport. The Boeing 737-800 disappeared from the scene about five minutes after the start of the second clock (19:37 ET Sunday) during an electrical storm and heavy rain, airport sources said. E 'is for the categoryAddis Ababa. Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi told reporters at the airport to the crash site 31 / 2 miles, has been identified west of the coastal town of Naameh. He said the search and rescue operations are ongoing, but declined to provide further information. He said it was too early to say what the cause of the crash, but confirmed the plane was flying in stormy weather. An investigation was underway into the causes, and Mr. Aridi. Eight-three passengers and seven crew members were aboard, Aridi said.Fifty-four were Lebanese, 22 Ethiopians, two Britons and there were also Canadian, Russian, French, Iraqi and Syrian citizens. Witnesses said that the Lebanese army patrol searched a small area Naameh, located 10 kilometers south of Beirut. Mr Aridi said the authorities help of UN peacekeepers and some neighbors had requested. A police spokesman in the nearby island of Cyprus, told Reuters that a Cyprus police helicopter to the scene of the accident was on top of...
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