All the 157 persons on board an
Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday morning are dead.
There were 147 passengers and
eight crew members on board the airline.
The BBC reeports that officials
have retrieved the wreckage of the plane and confirmed the deaths.
Recall that we had reported how
the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane on a routine flight to Nairobi, Kenya
from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, crashed shortly after take off.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister was
the first to suggest a large casualty from the crash.
“The Office of the PM, on behalf
of the Government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express its deepest
condolences to the families of those that have lost their loved ones on
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya
this morning”, the message on government’s Twitter handle read.
An Ethiopian Airlines spokesman
said the crash occurred at 8:44 a.m. local time.
The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane on a routine flight to Nairobi, Kenya, from Addis Ababa, Ethopia, crashed 6 minutes after take off, and was only purchased, brand new, 4 months ago.
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