Search and rescue operation in progress in Ethiopia after plane crashed, killing 157
Record ID:
1399249
Search and rescue operation in progress in Ethiopia after plane crashed, killing 157
- Title: Search and rescue operation in progress in Ethiopia after plane crashed, killing 157
- Date: 10th March 2019
- Summary: NEAR BISHOFTU, ETHIOPIA (MARCH 10, 2019) (REUTERS) HELICOPTER ARRIVING AT SCENE, PEOPLE GATHERED AT SCENE OF FLIGHT ET 302 PLANE CRASH PEOPLE GATHERED AT CRASH SCENE, DEBRIS ON GROUND SHOES AND CLOTHES ON GROUND, PEOPLE STANDING AT CRASH SCENE PLANE DEBRIS ON GROUND
- Embargoed: 24th March 2019 13:09
- Keywords: plane crash Ethiopian Airlines crash scene plane wreckage
- Location: NEAR BISHOFTU, ETHIOPIA
- City: NEAR BISHOFTU, ETHIOPIA
- Country: Ethiopia
- Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001A5FTGLJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday (March 10), killing 149 passengers and eight crew, the airline said.
Flight ET 302, registration number ET-AVJ, crashed near the town of Bishoftu, 62 kilometres (38.5 miles) southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, the airline said.
Images from the crash site showed a helicopter arriving at the scene as crowds gathered in the area.
The flight left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8.38 a.m. local time (0538 GMT), before losing contact with the control tower just a few minutes later at 8.44 a.m. (0544 GMT).
Passengers from 33 countries were aboard including Kenyan, Ethiopian, American, Canadian, French, Chinese, Egyptian, Swedish, British and Dutch citizens.
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