On 9 January 2020, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-700 registered ET-ALN operating flight ET363 was on approach to the airport, but flew through a swarm of desert locusts that obscured visibility from the cockpit.
On January 9, 2020, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 363, a Boeing 737-700 with registration ET-ALN, encountered severe weather conditions when it flew through a large swarm of desert locusts while on approach to the airport.