Ethiopian Airlines crashes with 157 people on board

World Sunday 10/March/2019 12:56 PM
By: Times News Service
Ethiopian Airlines crashes with 157 people on board

Muscat: An Ethiopian Airlines flight (ET-302) between Addis Ababa and Nairobi crashed on Sunday.

"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 office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Twitter.

The aircraft took off at 8.38 am local time from the capital, Addis Ababa, and lost contact at 8.44 am. The flight had 149 passengers and eight crew members on board.

Further details are awaited.