An Ethiopian Airlines plane has
crashed with 149 passengers and 8 crew onboard, minutes after take-off.
DailyMail reports that the plane
heading to Nairobi left Ethiopia Sunday morning but according to reports came
down within six minutes.
A spokesman for the airline
confirmed the plane had crashed while heading from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis
Ababa.
The airline’s statement said: “At
this time search and rescue operations are in progress and we have no
information about survivors or any possible casualties.”
The state-owned Ethiopian
Airlines calls itself Africa’s largest carrier and has ambitions of becoming
the gateway to the continent.
The plane, a 737 MAX 8, is
believed to be a new addition to the EA fleet having been delivered just months
ago.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister’s
official Twitter account on Sunday sent condolences to families of those
onboard without giving details over whether there are any survivors.
“The office of the PM, on behalf
of government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express it’s deepest
condolences to the families that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian
Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this
morning,” the PM’s office said on Twitter.
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