Months after a lethal crash in Indonesia involving the identical mannequin, a Boeing 737 MAX eight has crashed on its way to Nairobi, Kenya, carrying 149 passengers and eight crew members, minutes after take-off.
Operated by Ethiopian Airlines, the Boeing 737 MAX eight was on a routine flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to the Kenyan capital. The airline confirmed that there have been no survivors.
The Ethiopian prime minister’s workplace was the primary to remark on the crash, tweeting that the federal government “would like to specific its deepest condolences to the households of people who have misplaced their family members on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on common scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this morning.”
Ethiopian Airlines stated that nationals of 33 completely different nations have been among the many useless. Three passengers traveled below UN passports and their nations of origin are nonetheless being decided.
The Boeing plane was reportedly brand new and had been delivered to the airline simply 4 months in the past.
The firm stated in an announcement that it was “deeply saddened” in regards to the tragic accident and would supply technical help to discover out why its plane crashed.