Soddo - Beica

On November 20, 1974 at 09:30 AM, Soddo - Beica experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Ethiopian Airlines, with the event recorded near Soddo Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

24 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 22 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 8.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 21, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

After takeoff from Soddo Airport, while climbing, the airplane stalled and crashed. 10 passengers were injured while 12 others were uninjured. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration ET-AAR, MSN 9465, year of manufacture 1943.