CNN published on 6 October 2021 a report titled "Ethiopia Used Its Flagship Commercial Airline to Transport Weapons During War in Tigray" by Nima Elbagir, Gianiuca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, and Barbara Arvanitidis.
The article documents several flights by Ethiopian Airlines in November 2020 that transported arms from Asmara and Massawa in Eritrea to Addis Ababa. The airline previously denied that it had transported weapons. Legal experts say the flights would constitute a violation of international aviation law, which forbids the smuggling of arms for military use on civil aircraft.
