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Virgin Blue, Australia's second largest airline, is to embark on a massive spending spree with the purchase of 105 Boeing 737 aircraft. The order represents the largest for Boeing in the past 18 months, as well as the Virgin Blues most significant fleet upgrade in its 10-year history.

All ninety passengers on board a jet that crashed into the Mediterranean are believed to have died. The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800, which was bound for Addis Ababa, crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut airport, with witnesses saying they saw a ball of fire.

Police have ruled out terrorism and said it was probably weather-related, with heavy rain and lightning reported in the area.

The airlines chief executive Girma Wake said there was no word of any survivors.