ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA: The pilot of a Nairobi-bound Boeing 737 that crashed six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa yesterday had alerted controllers 'he had difficulties' and wanted to turn back the plane carrying 157 people, the head of Ethiopian Airlines...
Flight ET 302 crashed near the town of Bishoftu, 62km south-east of the capital Addis Ababa, the airline said.
"The group CEO who is at the scene right now deeply regrets to confirm there are no survivors," the airline tweeted alongside a picture of Mr GebreMariam in a suit holding a piece of debris inside a large crater. At Nairobi airport, many relatives of passengers were left waiting at the gate for hours, with no information from airport authorities. Some learnt of the crash from journalists.
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