Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 heading to Kenya has crashed near Addis Ababa, airline says
The plane, a Boeing 737-800MAX with flight number ET 302, lost contact soon after taking off at 08:38 am local time from Bole International Airport in the Ethiopian capital, the airline said in a statement. The aircraft went down around around Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa. The airline believes there were 149 passengers and eight crew members on board.
Read MoreThe airline added that a passenger information center and hotline"will be available shortly for family or friends of those who may have been on flight."The Ethiopian government expressed its"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," the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Twitter.
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