Ignore Pilot Instruction Tower Supervisor

Beirut - the cause of the accident was not known Ethiopian Airliner aircraft that crashed into the sea in Lebanon. However revealed that before the fall, the pilot did not follow instructions from the flight tower. It is not known why.

"Records show that the control tower tower told the pilot to turn to avoid the storm, but the plane was going the other direction," said the Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr as quoted by AFP news agency on Tuesday (26/1/2010).

"We do not know what happened or whether it was beyond the control of the pilot," Murr added in a television interview in Beirut, capital of Lebanon.

Ethiopian Airlines aircraft with flight number Flight 409 lost contact with the Beirut international airport, about 5 minutes after takeoff on Monday, January 25 at 02.37 local time. The plane fell into the Mediterranean sea, about 2.5 nautical miles from the city during the storm Na'ameh.

So far rescuers failed to find any survivors of the disaster. The plane aims Addis Abba, Ethiopia was carrying 83 passengers and 7 crew.

Red Cross volunteers have found 14 bodies and body parts that have been sent to the government hospital of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri.

Navy and the Lebanese Army and UN troops in Lebanon or the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) continued to conduct search and rescue efforts victim. The planes from France, UK, USA, and Cyprus are also helping the effort.

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