This airframe is the latest addition to Ethiopian Airlines 12 aircraft strong 737-8 Max 8 fleet. It first flew as N4022T on October 26, 2022 and was delivered to the Addis Abeba based airline on December 7, 2022. It mostlikely replaced sistership ET-AVJ, which was lost on March 10, 2019 near Bishoftu some 40km south of Addis, unfortunately killing all 157 souls on board. The crash finally grounded the entire worldwide 737 Max fleet for almost two years, with brazilian low-cost carrier GOL being the first airline to resume commercial flights with the Max on December 9, 2020.