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Bend alot
Or put another way over the decade from 11 Feb 2009 - 2019 Ethiopian airlines had a perfect safety record compared to the United States of 51 fatalities (+ cargo ops crew and jump seater's) for the same period.
What? First of all, you're comparing apples vs. oranges. But even then:
- January 2010, ET409 crashed in Lebanon due to "flight crews mismanagement of [speed, altitude, and headings]". All 90 passengers and crew perished.
- February 2014, ET702's co-pilot decided to hijack (!) his own plane, over Sudan, with nearly 200 passengers on board. He flew to Switzerland where the plane ran out fuel on approach and managed to land with one engine operating.
- January 2015, ET 737-400F cargo destroyed in Ghana when pilots lost control of the aircraft during landing at Accra.
- March 2019, ET302 happened.