Boeing 737-200 crash, Sep 15, 1988 (35 killed), Bahar Dar
Boeing 737-200 accident on September 15, 1988 near Bahar Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia with 35 fatalities. Cause: Multiple bird ingestion during takeoff...
- Date: September 15, 1988
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Bahar Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia
- Fatalities: 35
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Multiple bird ingestion during takeoff destroyed the internals of both engines, so the aircraft could not be returned safely to the runway.
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 lost both engines after ingesting a flock of pigeons on takeoff from Bahar Dar. The crew could not return safely to the runway, and the aircraft made a belly landing in a clearing where it broke up and caught fire, killing 35 of the 104 people on board.