Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 en route to Kenya crashes minutes after take off, all 157 on board killed
The plane crashed six minutes after departing Addis Ababa on its way to Kenya’s capital, plowing into the ground at Hejere, some 31 miles south of Addis Ababa.
Officials have revealed that seven Britons were among the 157 people killed in a deadly Ethiopian Airlines plane crash which occurred shortly after takeoff on Sunday morning.
Six minutes after departing Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, the Boeing jet crashed and claimed the lives of 149 passengers and eight crew members who were on board, the Evening Standard reports.
Flight ET302 was reportedly carrying passengers from at least 35 counties from Addis Ababa to Nairobi in Kenya, according to James Macharia, Kenya's transport minister. Addressing reporters, he said that among the passengers there were 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, and eight Americans.