Originally Posted by
nojwod
Ethiopian has always been a very professional airline with an excellent safety record and mostly excellent service and reliability..
I realise you may have interests in them, but the fact is this is their third major high fatality jet accident in my recollection, these having been in 1996, 2010 and now 2019, for what is in all truth a relatively small fleet. I don't believe any other African carrier has this record. The previous two went into the sea. I can't reconcile that with stating their record is "excellent".
The notably high foreign passenger count is due to their extensive marketing of 5th Freedom tickets through their hub, from all of North America, Europe and Asia to Addis, and onward to all across Africa, as well as some Europe-Asia traffic. They are of course known in the industry for having achieved this by offering some of the most competitive fares.