Search team finds parts of wreckage of Ethiopian airliner that crashed last month off Lebanon

Lebanon: Parts of crashed Ethiopian airliner found

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s army says search crews have found parts of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month and efforts are under way to retrieve them.

The Boeing 737 crashed Jan. 25 minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board died.

An army statement says crews located parts of the wreckage Saturday and teams were photographing them before retrieval. The army didn’t say if the wreckage included the fuselage.

Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi told reporters part of the wreckage was found 150 feet (45 meters) deep off the coastal village of Naameh just south of Beirut airport.

Fifteen bodies have been recovered from the sea since the crash. The plane’s black box has not been found.