 Lebanese soldiers and international search team staff were retrieving the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airline that crashed in the Mediterranean last month on Feb. 7. Lebanese military said on the same day that they have located one of the black boxes of the Ethiopian Airline that crashed in the early hours of Jan.25 (local time).The Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed minutes after take-off from Beirut airport amid a thunderstorm, killing 83 passengers and seven crew members on board.

Photo taken Feb. 7 shows the wreckage of the Ethiopian Airline as it was being retrieved from the sea.

Lebanese military vessels continue to search for the wreckage of the Ethiopian Airline that crashed in the Mediterranean minutes after take-off on Jan. 25. The Lebanese military announced on the same day that one of the black boxes of the crashed Boeing 737 was located south of Beirut Airport. Five minutes after take-off in the early morning of Jan. 25 (local time), the Boeing 737 lost contact with the ground control and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea.

A snow-covered George Washington University police van is seen on a street in Washington February 7, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

On Feb.7, Lebanese military vessels continue to search for the wreckage of the Ethiopian Airline that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea late last month. The military said on the same day that they have located one of the black boxes off the coastal village of Naameh, south of Beirut airport.

Relatives of the victims killed onboard the Ethiopian Airline watch the search operations carried out by Lebanese military vessels off the coastal village of Naameh, south of Beirut airport Feb. 7. Lebanese military said on the same day that they have located one of the black boxes of the crashed jet.
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