Ethiopian Airlines Aircraft Crashes Shortly After Take-off From Beirut

An Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane with 90 people on board has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut airport. Eyewitnesses say they saw a ball of fire in the sky before Addis Ababa-bound Flight ET409 fell into the sea after taking off in stormy weather. Some bodies have been found, and the airline's chief executive said there was no word of survivors. Most of those on board were Lebanese or Ethiopian. There were also two Britons. The other passengers included citizens of Turkey, France, Russia, Canada, Syria and Iraq