Near Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, people gather at the crash site Courtesy photo/Visual China
Wreckage clean-up and search for remains at the Ethiopian Airlines crash site continues photo/Visual China
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At 8:38 a.m. local time on March 10, Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, lost contact with the ground six minutes after takeoff, causing a crash in which 157 people, including eight Chinese passengers, survived. On the Internet, many netizens expressed their condolences to the Chinese passengers and other passengers killed in the air crash, and the units of the Chinese passengers who were killed also carried out the aftermath work. On the 11th, the Civil Aviation Administration of China issued a notice requiring domestic transport airlines to temporarily stop the commercial operation of the same type of aircraft that was crashed.
According to CCTV at 10 o'clock last night, the two black boxes of the crashed flight, namely the flight data recorder and the aircraft cockpit voice recorder, were found. One of them was found in the scrap heap that had been searched and inspected, and the other was found by the staff of the Seventh Bureau of China Railway, a Chinese-funded company, about 20 meters underground.
Crash scene
The black box has been found
On March 11, Xinhua News Agency reporters saw at the scene that rescue workers from Ethiopian Airlines, the military and medical departments had blocked the scene, and rescuers were still collecting debris scattered everywhere after the plane crashed. Some villagers from surrounding villages handed over fragments of aircraft wreckage found nearby to rescuers. The bodies of the victims have now been transported from the scene.
A villager named Tesfaye told reporters: "(At that time) I heard a huge explosion, my house shook, and my family and I rushed outside. Later we learned that the plane had crashed and that smoke and fire were still rising at the site of the accident. ”
Employees of the Seventh Bureau of China Railway, who were engaged in the construction of the nearby highway, sent personnel and mechanical equipment to the scene of the accident to participate in the rescue. "We arrived at the scene at around 3:30 p.m. local time and saw the plane crash into a pit several meters deep in the farmland. The plane should have hit the ground head down, and after hitting the ground, it had completely turned into fragments, and there was no larger wreckage to be found. Wang Guanghui, general secretary of the Ethiopian regional party branch of the China Railway Seventh Bureau Overseas Company, said.
Essee Airlines CEO Teverd said at a press conference that it is too early to speculate on the cause of the accident. "Ethiopian Airlines will work with all stakeholders, including aircraft manufacturers, ethiopian civil aviation authorities and other relevant organisations, to further investigate the cause of the accident and release information to the outside world after determining the cause," he said. ”
After the incident, the United Nations and many countries expressed their condolences and condolences on the crash of the passenger plane.
Official statements
The identity of 4 employees of central enterprises was confirmed
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a regular press conference on the 11th, on the Ethiopian Airlines crash, "We are deeply saddened by this, express deep condolences to all the victims, and express sincere condolences to the families of the victims." President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders have sent condolences to the leaders of Ethiopia and Kenya respectively. Lu Kang said.
He said that after the incident, China's party and state leaders attached great importance to it and were very concerned about the situation involving Chinese citizens in the air disaster. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia have actively carried out relevant work, and the Embassy has established a coordination and liaison mechanism with the Ethiopian side, and has contacted the families of Chinese citizens who were killed, and actively provided assistance to the families in handling the aftermath.
Lu Kang said that the Chinese side hopes that the Ethiopian side will find out the cause of the accident as soon as possible, inform the Chinese side of the progress of the investigation in a timely manner, and properly handle the follow-up. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia will continue to pay close attention to the relevant developments and make every effort to provide positive assistance to the families of chinese citizens killed in handling the aftermath.
On March 11, the official micro of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) "State-owned Assets Xiaoxin" confirmed that four employees of central enterprises were unfortunately killed in the Ethiopian Airlines disaster, namely: Jin Yetao, an employee of the aviation industry, Zhou Yuan, an employee of China Electronics, and Wang Hao and Gao Shuang, employees of China Aviation Materials.
The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that Zhou Yuan, an employee of China Electricity Technology International Trade Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Electronics Technology, was born in October 1981 with a master's degree, entered the China Electricity Department from July 2004, took the flight from Beijing via Addis Ababa to Nairobi, Kenya, to perform official duties, unfortunately died.
Wang Hao, an employee of China Aviation Equipment Group Co., Ltd., and Gao Shuang, an employee of Beijing Kailan Aviation Technology Co., Ltd., who belonged to Beijing, also took the flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi on official business and were unfortunately killed.
Civil Aviation Notice
All aircraft of the same type are grounded domestically
In view of the fact that the two air disasters that occurred worldwide in the past six months were newly delivered Boeing 737-8 aircraft, and both occurred in the take-off stage, with certain similarities, at 9 o'clock on March 11, the Civil Aviation Administration issued a notice requiring domestic transport airlines to suspend the commercial operation of Boeing 737-8 aircraft before 18:00 on March 11, 2019.
According to the data of Fei Chang Zhuan, on March 11, domestic airlines originally planned to operate 355 flights, involving 246 routes, of which 256 changed aircraft types (mainly 737NG models), cancelled 29 flights, and the remaining flights have not been determined.
Data from the Civil Aviation Resources Network shows that domestic airlines currently operate a total of 737-8 aircraft and 96 aircraft. Among them, 24 were aircraft of China Southern Airlines, 15 of Air China, 11 of Hainan Airlines, 11 of Shanghai Airlines, 10 of Xiamen Airlines, 7 of Shanhang Airlines, 5 of Shenzhen Airlines, 3 of China Eastern Airlines and Xiangpeng Airlines, 2 each of Aokai, Fuzhou Airlines and Kunming Airlines, and 1 of Jiuyuan Airlines.
Li Jian, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, said on March 11 that for the Boeing 737-8 aircraft that recently had a flight accident, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has sent a letter to Boeing asking it to clarify the relevant issues; it will send someone to participate in the timely follow-up investigation of the aircraft.
Li Jian said that two flight accidents occurred on the same aircraft in more than 130 days, which put a lot of pressure on China's civil aviation regulatory authorities. He stressed that China is the first country in the world to do so.
Ethiopian Airlines announced on March 11 that it was suspending the operation of all Boeing 737-8 aircraft.
Aftercare measures
The insurance company initiates the claim
At 10 o'clock on March 11, Ping An Pension Insurance Beijing Branch received a report that the customer Wang Mou died in the accident, involving a total of 1.2 million yuan of accident insurance. The settlement of the claim was completed at 20:00 on the same day, and the company completed the closing process within 10 hours. Subsequent claims will be paid after the beneficiaries of the customer's family members are clear.
Previously, Ping An Life and PICC Life Insurance had taken risks against the three victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash. As of 11 o'clock last night, according to incomplete statistics, three insurance companies have completed claims for 4 unfortunate customers.
The Beiqing Daily reporter also found that after the tragedy, many netizens in the circle of friends were forwarding such a message: "In response to this air crash, some students from Outside The North are willing to provide translation help for the relatives and compatriots of the victims." Although there is no Amharic language major in Beiwai, the teacher who teaches Amharic language says that he can provide relevant help, and there are also students in Beiwai who are currently studying in Ethiopia. If you need help, you can provide the contact information of the teacher and sister. ”
On March 11, the Beiqing Daily reporter contacted Xiaoye, a Beiwai student who published the news, and Xiaoye told the Beiqing Daily reporter that the circle of friends was sent because after the air crash, she saw a message on the Internet that the families of the Chinese victims were looking for a translator who could translate Amharic into Chinese, and then contacted the foreign teachers who spoke Amharic and the sisters who spoke Amharic, and the teachers and sisters were very supportive.
Sinkinesh, a foreign teacher in amharic language in Beiwai, told the Beiqing Daily reporter that although he has not received relevant help at present, they are still very willing to provide translation and other help to the families in need.
The deceased in an air crash
The identity of 8 Chinese citizens in the air disaster was confirmed
The Consular Protection Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a message on the 11th that the identity of the 8 Chinese citizens killed on the Ethiopian Airlines crash passenger plane was preliminarily confirmed, 4 were employees of Chinese companies, 2 were international employees of the United Nations system, including 1 Hong Kong resident, and the other 2 were from Liaoning and Zhejiang, traveling for private reasons.
The Embassy in Ethiopia has established a coordination and liaison mechanism with the Egyptian side and contacted the families of the Chinese citizens killed to provide positive assistance to the families in handling the aftermath.
Employees of central enterprises traveled more than 260 days last year
Favorite song "New Can't Love"
Jin Yetao was one of the first three victims to be identified, born in 1986, and was the deputy general manager of the fourth project department of AVIC International Complete Company, a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China.
Aviation Industry Group of China introduced in its official micro-blog that as the leader of the professional construction of the vocational education business field of AVIC International Complete Set Company, Jin Yitao has made more than 50 business trips in 2018 alone, reaching 260 days, with footprints in more than 30 countries.
In 2012, the second year of his career, Jin Yetao was sent to South Sudan. On his first day in South Sudan, a security guard in the yard next door was shot dead, a news that made Jin Yatao, who had just graduated, almost collapse.
The company's leaders once joked that Jin Yatao would not be able to stay here for 3 months, but in South Sudan, he stayed for 4 years. Jin Yetao said, "If a man wants to achieve something, he must experience something that others do not want to experience." ”
Mr. Ren is a friend of Jin Yetao in Africa, he told the Beiqing Daily reporter that Jin Yetao sang very well, "He also listened to my own recorded discs, which is very good!" Xiao Jingteng's "New Can't Love", Zhou Xiaoou's "Love Or Not Love Me", and Jacky Cheung's songs are all his must-choose songs. Mr. Ren said.
I was very sad to learn that Jin Yetao was unfortunately killed, "I remembered him singing, but unfortunately I could no longer hear his singing." ”
Zhejiang senior girls love life
Plan to visit Kenya to see giraffes
Chen Huan (pseudonym), a native of Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang, born in 1997, was a senior at Zhejiang Wanli College. On the afternoon of March 11, Zhejiang Wanli College's guanwei middle school side expressed deep sorrow and expressed condolences to the families of the victims. A person in charge of the school said in an interview with the media that Chen Huan studied journalism, performed well in school, passed the defense of his graduation thesis, and was about to graduate in June this year.
Chen Huan on the social networking site has big eyes, sweet looks, Taurus, and her personal profile is "everything is the best arrangement".
For Chen Huan, these published states represent "recent happiness." On February 26, Chen Huan shared her itinerary on social networking sites: departing from Shanghai Pudong Airport, connecting in Addis Ababa, ethiopia, and finally arriving in her destination, Kenya.
Next to a photo of a giraffe she posted, she attached an introduction in English: "This is the only place in the world where you can feed giraffes up close at the breakfast table, and you can also catch a glimpse of giraffes from your bedroom window." ”
On the evening of March 9, Chen Huan departed from Shanghai Pudong Airport for Ethiopia.
On the night of March 10, a friend, Li Qing (not his real name), couldn't believe it was true after learning the news of the crash. Chen Huan's classmates "blew up the nest" and "thought it was a joke when they saw it, they didn't want it to be her, and no one wanted it to be her." I didn't really believe it until I saw the news, and I could only say that the deceased rested in peace. Chen Huan's college classmates told the Beiqing Daily reporter.
April 27 is Chen Huan's 23rd birthday, unfortunately, this girl did not wait for this day.
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