The CEO of Ethiopian Airlines listed more than 30 nationalities of passengers who were killed in the plane that crashed on Sunday, reported Reuters.
Onboard the plane were 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians, eight Italians, eight Chinese citizens, eight Americans, seven British citizens, seven French citizens, six Egyptians, five Dutch citizens, four Indians, four people from Slovakia, three Austrians, three Swedes, three Russians, two Moroccans, two Spaniards, two Poles and two Israelis.
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Reportedly, there was also one citizen from each of the following countries: Belgium, Indonesia, Somalia, Norway, Serbia, Togo, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda, and Yemen.
According to the airlines’ bulletin, the Boeing 737 plane, carrying 149 passengers and eight crew members, was on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi when it crashed at around 8:44am Sunday.
The plane took off from Addis Ababa at 8:38am local time.
Meanwhile, the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines said in a statement that it has already instructed its posts in Nairobi and Cairo to determine if there were Filipinos in the airplane.
Harro Ranter, founder of the Aviation Safety Network, which compiles information about accidents worldwide, quoted the Ethiopian Airlines CEO to have said, “There were no defects prior to the flight, so it is hard to see any parallels with the Lion Air crash yet.”
The Ethiopian plane was new, having been delivered to the airline in November.
[icon name=”camera” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Associated Press. The CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, looks at the wreckage of the plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sunday, March 10, 2019.
