Lebanon searches for victims of Ethiopian jet crash

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese and international search teams scoured the Mediterranean coast on Tuesday for the victims and missing flight recorders of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea soon after takeoff from Beirut.

Ships including a U.S. naval vessel as well as European and U.N. peacekeeping helicopters and planes searched through the night for wreckage of the Boeing 737-800 that plunged into the rough sea in a ball of fire before dawn on Monday.