An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777 freighter was forced to land at Batam's Hang Nadim International airport on 14 January, after the aircraft was found to have entered Indonesian airspace without obtaining overflight clearance. In a statement, the Indonesian armed forces says the freighter, registered ET-AVN, was operating a flight from Addis Ababa to Hong Kong when it entered Indonesian airspace "illegally". After the incident, Ethiopian issued a statement explaining that the aircraft was operating as flight ET3728 on a non-scheduled service from Addis Ababa to Singapore. Ethiopian Airlines has explained to the Indonesian authorities on the details of the flight, and the flying crew are resting in a hotel before they continue their flight." Flight Fleets Analyzer shows that ET-AVN (MSN65397) is owned and managed by Ethiopian, and was delivered new to the airline on 30 August 2018.

Source: Ethiopian News January 16, 2019 07:15 UTC