P Beirut - Saba:
Passenger plane belonging to the Ethiopian Airlines in the Mediterranean Sea at dawn today after taking off from the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut en route to Addis Ababa.

Announced the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Lebanon said in a statement that "the plane, a Boeing 737 was heading to Addis Ababa, disappeared 30 minutes after taking off from the radar screens off the beach and soft carrying 82 passengers, including 54 Lebanese, and the wife of French Ambassador in Lebanon Byitnon Donny and the rest mostly Ethiopians in addition to the crew of eight people. "

While it was not available so far no information on the causes of the accident, said Works Minister Ghazi Aridi told a news conference that the naval forces and the Lebanese army helicopters and naval UN Emergency Force (UNIFIL) in addition to the organs of the International Red Cross continues the hunt for survivors.

According to his Aridi, the plane crashed west of the town soft, about 12 kilometers south of the airport, about 3,5 km from the beach.