Ethiopian 737-8 Dispatched 'Clean' Before Fatal Accident, Airline Says

Sean Broderick Jens Flottau Victoria Moores March 10, 2019

FRANKFURT and WASHINGTON – The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-8 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa March 10 did not have any known maintenance issues and was dispatched "clean" for its final flight, the airline's chief executive said hours after the accident that killed all 157...

Sean Broderick

Senior Air Transport & Safety Editor Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.

Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

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