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Ethiopian Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Chad, AFP Says

By Vernon Wessels

Ethiopian Airlines Boing 737Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- An Ethiopian Airlines plane flying to Addis Ababa from Dakar in Senegal made an emergency landing in Chad because of a radar problem, Agence France-Press reported, citing an unidentified airport official and passengers.

The incident, involving a Boeing 737 with 150 passengers, comes after another Ethiopian Airlines 737 with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean minutes after takeoff from Beirut on Jan. 25, the news service said.