An Ethiopian Airlines flight has crashed on its way to Nairobi, with deaths being reported, the Ethiopian prime minister’s office said.
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March 10 2019 8:29 AM
An Ethiopian Airlines flight has crashed on its way to Nairobi, with deaths being reported, the Ethiopian prime minister’s office said.
There were a total of 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, a spokesman for the airline told Reuters.
“It is confirmed it happened 8.44 (am),” said the spokesman who did not give his name.
The Ethiopian prime minister’s office said the Boeing 737 was on a regularly scheduled flight when it crashed.
The Office of the PM, on behalf of the Government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express it’s 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.
A spokesman for the airline confirmed the plane had crashed while heading from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
The state-owned Ethiopian Airlines calls itself Africa’s largest carrier and has ambitions of becoming the gateway to the continent.
The Ethiopian prime minister’s official Twitter account on Sunday expressed condolences to families of those lost in an Ethiopian airline’s flight to Nairobi, without giving details.
