Source: Press Release from Ethiopian Airlines
Status of ET-710 ADD-ROM/11 January 2009
January 13, 2009
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Airlines flight ET -710 departed from Addis Ababa on January 11, 2009 at 0049 local time.
The B757-200 was scheduled to fly to Rome Fiumicino International Airport.
When low oil pressure light of the right engine was displayed in the cockpit panel, the flying crew immediately decided to take an emergency measure and safely landed the aircraft at a near by Malta International Airport, which is a planned enroute alternate airport. All the passengers were safely disembarked per the normal procedure.
Ethiopian Airlines’ technical experts were soon dispatched from Rome, the nearest location to Malta. They performed the necessary technical maintenance on the engine and the aircraft flew back to Addis Ababa and continued its scheduled services.
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Related: Ethiopian Airlines Jet makes emergency landing in Malta
Times of Malta
Sunday, 11th January 2009
An Ethiopian Boeing 757 airliner made an emergency landing at Malta International Airport this morning after one of its two engines failed, sources said.
The Boeing 757 was on a flight from Addis Ababa to Rome Fiumicino when it declared an emergency and diverted to Malta.
The Health Department was immediately informed and an emergency plan was put in place. Two ambulances were sent on site and all the doctors and nurses at the Emergency Department at Mater Dei Hospital as well as those at the four main health centres and at St Vincent De Paul, were prepared to handle any possible injuries.
The plane landed safely at 4.30 a.m.
one of the safest airline in the world. keep up the good work.
I am a frequent flier of American, but the best landing and take off I have ever experienced is with Ehtiopian Airlines.
Ethiopian, much respect to the pilots and technicians of et,
We are proud of our star pilots and our technicians. We feel safe always and we are highly proud of our Ethiopian Airlines.
Keep up the good work.
We will see the most confortable airline in the continent in the near future.
Yeethiopian Amlak hule kenante new.
Ethiopian Airlines is unique, strong and safe for it’s passengers. Keep up the good work.
VIVA EAL, and it’s well desiplined employees.
The safety of the airplnes, security and above all the skill of the respected pilots makes me proud to say that it gives quite positive recognition and image for the country.
Yea VIVA EAL. I want to underline ” well disciplined employees”. Sure well disciplined!
Keep up your work and we will keep being proud of you.
Big luv for Ethiopian Airlines!
congratulation on the care of God.
ethiopian airlines is best of the best.
Congratulations Ethopia
Great work pilots, technical crew,
Wish you God guidiance always
Bravo!
Great one from the technical crew,ilearnt one of them has Naija blood.I’m not suprised,great things can still come from Naija.Thank God,Mutallab—- did not board then.
Until Flight 409 lost contact with Beirut airport control shortly after takeoff early and crashed into the Mediterranean, killing all passengers around 2:30am on January , 25 of 2010, Ethiopian Airlines had a better safety record than any other African airline , of course except for South African Airways. In November 1996 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked between Addis Ababa and Nairobi by three Ethiopian terrorists seeking political asylum and the aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros when it ran out of fuel, killing 125 of the 175 people on board. In September 1988 one of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737s made a crash landing at Bahar Dar in Ethiopia after birds entered both engines during takeoff and Thirty-one of the 105 people on board were killed , the blame can not be on the carrier Ethiopian Airlines . Monday’s flight 961 crash may be the Ethiopian airlines third deadly crash and the record says It’s the third deadly crash of Ethiopian Airlines but why blame Ethiopian Airlines? You can not really blame a bird strike or a fleeing terrorist attack on the the Airline’s , the airline’s staff or the airline’s aircraft.