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Pilot in Beirut crash didn’t follow tower’s advice

BASSEM MROUE

ZEINA KARAM

Associated Press Writers

BEIRUT – The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the Beirut control tower, Lebanon’s transportation minister said Tuesday.

All 90 people on board were feared dead after the plane went down in flames around at 2:30 a.m. Monday, during a night of lightning and thunderstorms.