Lebanon has ruled out terrorism as a cause for the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane which plunged into the sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Monday International Airport, DPA reported.
"We have ruled out foul play," President Michel Suleiman told a press conference at the Defence Ministry.
"Investigation and the rescue mission is continuing," he said, speaking as rescue teams scoured the Mediterranean off the Lebanese coast.
Lebanon rules out terrorism in Ethiopian Airlines crash


