ET409 crash: Aridi says the boxes will provide the answers

Lebanon’s Transport and Public Works Minister Ghazi Aridi said today no one knows exactly what happened to the plane, and the flight recorders ( black boxes) will provide the answers. He cautioned against blaming ET409 plane crash on the pilot calling this ” pure speculation at this stage in the investigation”
Aridi said the pilot had 20 years of experience and was familiar with the Boeing 737-800.
Aridi said as the weather improves the recovery efforts will also improve

Crashed ET409: Aridi says lets wait for the boxes

Minister of Public Works and Transport Ghazi Aridi said “nothing new with regards to the crashed Ethiopian airliner flight ET409 and all the information that we know has already been made public ” adding that “today is the beginning of the serious search by the two U.S. vessels and a private company and they have given themselves 24 hours to get the job done . They may finish the job earlier or they may ask for extra time.”
Aridi stressed that “before the black boxes are found all the talk and speculation is useless , noting that ” all the Lebanese ministries have done an exceptional job in their serious efforts to identify the reasons for the plane crash disaster”. Aridi said this is a big catastrophe for the country and we should focus on the relatives of the victims and missing persons instead of wasting time speculating ”

ET409: conflicting reports about the wreckage

There were many conflicting reports Tuesday about whether the wreckage of Ethiopian airline flight ET409 which crashed in the Mediterranean sea off Lebanon coast Monday was found or not.

Future News television said the plane had been located on the sea-bed and that work is underway to lift the wreckage
However Minister of Public Works and Transportation Ghazi Aridi denied on Tuesday that the wreckage ET409 has been located. He said that the authorities have determined the general area where the fuselage should be, adding that teams have been searching the area since 9 a.m. and that they will continue for 24 hours more.
Aridi also said that search teams are still looking for the 2 black boxes [ airplane’s flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR)]