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Old 10th Mar 2019, 13:44
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meleagertoo
 
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imho and from local knowledge the terrain shown doesn't look like the flat plateau to the E Bole where trees are scarce and the wooded area in the photo is much more like that found to the south but that isn't a very scientific judgement.
However media are reporting that Bole lost contact at 0844 while the flight radar table above shows contact lost at 0841. Since it took them 3 minutes or so to reach the FR "lost contact" area and Debre Zeyt is about the same distance beyond in a right hand turn (due to terrain you wouldn't turn left/to the N to do that) to recover back to Bole that does look like a better location for the accident. It is also right about where you'd be 6 mins after deprture en route to NBO.
They'll be lucky to find recoverable recorders in that impact I suspect.

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