All 157 on board killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Addis Ababa: There are no survivors among 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, Ethiopia’s state broadcaster reported. The 149 passengers and eight crew were of 33 nationalities, the country’s state broadcaster EBC reported on Sunday. Ethiopia’s prime minister offered condolences to victims’ families. “We hereby confirm that our scheduled flight ET 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was involved in an accident today,” the airline said in a statement on Sunday. The Boeing 737-800 MAX took off at 08:38 a.m. local time from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport and lost contact at 08:44 a.m., the  airline said in a statement. Ethiopian Airlines has released telephone numbers for family or friends of those who may have been on the flight to call. In a statement, the Ethiopian Prime Minister’s Office has expressed “deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost their loved  ones” on the flight. The plane crashed near Bishoftu city, about 45 km southeast of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the ET said in a statement. “Ethiopian Airlines staff will be sent to the accident scene and will do everything possible to assist the emergency services,” the statement added. “We are currently confirming the details of the passenger manifest for the flight,” the airline said. In a tweet today, Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal expressed the government and people of Pakistan’s heartfelt condolences to governments and people of Kenya and Ethiopia and the affected families, on the tragic airplane crash.