From the Liveblog of
Sunday, March 10, 2019
2 Israelis on board crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEthiopian Airlines says that two Israelis were among the 149 passengers and eight crew on board a Nairobi-bound Boeing 737 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa earlier today.
A statement from the airline say passengers on board included foreign nationals from over 20 countries. Authorities earlier said 32 Kenyans and nine Ethiopians were killed. Now they add 18 Canadians; eight each from China, the United States and Italy; seven each from France and Britain; six from Egypt; five from the Netherlands and four each from India and Slovakia.
BREAKING First picture released from Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash site – no survivors – 149 passengers and eight crew on board https://t.co/tPbTTp2UBA pic.twitter.com/R9HwBj52Wd
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) March 10, 2019
It is not yet clear what caused the crash of new Boeing 737-8 MAX plane shortly after takeoff from Bole Airport en route to Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
— with AP
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