This morning in Ethiopia crashed flight Ethiopian Airlines, EN route from Addis Ababa to the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The crash happened shortly after takeoff from the airport. Allegedly killed 157 people.
Accident Bulletin no. 2
Issued on march 10, 2019 at 01:46 PM pic.twitter.com/KFKX6h2mxJ
— Ethiopian Airlines (@flyethiopian) March 10, 2019
Until the information was made public about the cause of the crash of the Boeing 737-8 MAX. It is known that this plane was new, the airline received it in November 2018.
In a statement Ethiopian Airlines says that on Board the flight were 149 passengers and 8 crew members. The aircraft crashed at 8:44 am, 6 minutes after the departure, the district Bishoftu or Debre-Zeit, about 50 km South-East of Addis Ababa.
Ethiopian Airlines flight #ET302 dropped from radar 6 minutes after departure from Addis Ababa
The jet is a brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 is delivered to the airline just four months ago. pic.twitter.com/o01HDgEI16
— Alex Macheras (@AlexInAir) March 10, 2019
At first it was reported that killed 32 citizen of Kenya and 9 in Ethiopia. Then it became known that also killed 8 U.S. citizens, 18 citizens of Canada, 8 China, 8 Italians. Citizens of France 7, great Britain 7. Citizens of Egypt – 6, India — 4 from Slovakia 4. From Russia — 3 citizens…
According to the Executive Director of Ethiopian Airlines Tewolde of Gebremariam on Board were citizens of 35 countries.
Currently search and rescue operations.
In the morning was held a press conference. A few minutes ago, Ethiopian Airlines has published an updated list of the dead.
Accident Bulletin no. 3
Issued on March 10, 2019 at 4:59 PM pic.twitter.com/5UOxsbl24f
— Ethiopian Airlines (@flyethiopian) March 10, 2019
Gebremariam said that it is too early to talk about the causes of the crash, the investigation is conducted with the participation of all stakeholders, including aircraft manufacturer Boeing.
In October last year, the aircraft of the same model that crashed today, the Boeing fell into the Java sea shortly after taking off from the airport of Jakarta. The aircraft belonged to the Indonesian airline Lion Air. Then killed 189 people.
