ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia will observe a national day of mourning Monday (Mar 11) as investigators search for bodies and clues into the crash of a ...
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia will observe a national day of mourning Monday as investigators search for bodies and clues into theminutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board.
A local farmer, Sisay Gemechu, said:"The plane seemed to be aiming to land at a nearby level open field, but crashed before reaching there." Many were headed for an annual assembly of the UN Environment Programme, which opens in Nairobi Monday with some 4,700 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, senior UN officials and civil society representatives."A committee comprising of Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority and Ethiopian Transport Authority has been set up to carry out the investigations," it added.
Ethiopia's parliament declared a national day of mourning for Monday amid a global stream of condolences. Ethiopian Airlines said the plane had taken off at 8.38 am Sunday from Bole International Airport and"lost contact" six minutes later.According to the airline, Kenya had the largest number of casualties with 32, followed by Canada with 18, Ethiopia nine, then Italy, China, and the United States with eight each.
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