Ethiopian plane crashes off Beirut coast

A Lebanese army helicopter scans the sea off the Mediterranean coast south of the capital, Beirut, after an Ethiopian Airlines jet carrying 90 passengers and crew plunged into the sea in a ball of fire just after takeoff in stormy weather Photograph: Mahmoud Zayat/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Mahmoud Zayat/guardian.co.uk United Nations and other vessels search the sea off the Lebanese coast Photograph: Mahmoud Zayat/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Mahmoud Zayat/guardian.co.uk A Lebanese commando pulls a body from the sea where the Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/guardian.co.uk Rescuers scan the sea for signs of the crashed plane Photograph: Mahmoud Zayat/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Mahmoud Zayat/guardian.co.uk Lebanese soldiers gather debris from the plane which has washed up on Khaldeh beach, south of Beirut Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP Photograph: Hussein Malla/guardian.co.uk A soldier picks up plane debris from the shoreline Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/guardian.co.uk Relatives of passengers arrive near the site of the crash at Khaldeh beach Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/guardian.co.uk A Lebanese soldier carries debris from the plane Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/guardian.co.uk The road leading to Beirut International airport is deserted Photograph: Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Anwar Amro/guardian.co.uk