Boeing737Max 'We have been waiting since morning...on the board they had written that (the flight) had landed at 10:15 but after some time they removed it.'
Many had already spent hours at the airport, frustration turning to fear as social media began to light up with news of the crash.
"They've told us nothing, absolutely nothing," wept Ginny Muhu, 57, who was waiting for her fiance George Kamau."I'm not even sure if I want to know." Elegantly-dressed Mercy Lwugi, 40, was waiting for her brother Derrick and began phoning his family in Canada when she saw news of the crash on Facebook.
"We have been waiting since morning...on the board they had written that had landed at 10:15 but after some time they removed it," she said. Families huddled together in the terminal, whispering and peering at their phones but some only heard about the crash when journalists started to arrive.
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