Families of Ethiopian plane disaster victims steel themselves for journey to crash site via AaronMG
ADDIS ABABA/GARA-BOKKA, Ethiopia - Families of some of the 157 victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 stormed out of a meeting with the airline on Thursday, complaining they were not being given timely information, as others paid their respects at the burnt crash site. The airline had called a meeting with families in a hotel in Addis Ababa but around 100 relatives walked out.
“They called us to give us a report on bodies and the reasons for the crash but there was no information.” All 149 passengers and eight crew died when the jet crashed six minutes after taking off from the high-altitude capital of Ethiopia. The nation of 105 million people has long been proud of the state-owned airline that is its most successful company.
Another woman, draped in a traditional white Ethiopian mourning shawl, held aloft a framed portrait of her brother. The jet plunged into a field 60 kilometers outside Addis Ababa, and the impact of the crash and fire left the victims’ remains in fragments that could take weeks or months to identify.
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