The plane was travelling from Addis Ababa to Namibia when it crashed.
, the Ethiopian AirlinesBoeing 737 plane crashed on Sunday morning while travelling from Addis Ababa to Namibia. Contact with the plane was lost at 8:44am, less than ten minutes into the flight.
The Office of the PM, on behalf of the Government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express it’s deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this morning.reports that the crash took place in Bishoftu, 62 km southeast of Addis Ababa.
The airline’s statement does not confirm if there were any survivors or injures, and indicated that the airline staff are making their way to the accident scene.For more news your way, download The Citizen’s app for
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