| Date: | Monday 24 October 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-ANY |
| MSN: | 4334 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 80 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dire Dawa-Aba Tenna D Yilma Airport (DIR) -
 Ethiopia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dire Dawa-Aba Tenna D Yilma Airport (DIR/HADR) |
| Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB) |
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET212 from Dire Dawa to Addis Ababa hit five pigs on the runway during takeoff. The flight crew aborted the takeoff but the aircraft suffered a runway excursion.
Sources:
Ethiopian Airlines
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