157 people on Ethiopian Airlines flight killed in plane crash
ADDIS ABABA All 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed soon after taking off from Addis Ababa have been killed, the airline cheap canada goose said on Sunday morning.
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Ethiopian Airlines issued a statement saying: group CEO who is at the accident scene right now regrets to confirm that there are no survivors. He expresses his profound sympathy and condolences to the families and loved ones canada goose factory outlet of passengers and crew who lost their lives canada goose coats in this tragic accident. spokesman for the airline said the victims were of 32 different nationalities.
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The last major accident involving an Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane was in January Canada Goose Parka 2010, when a flight from Beirut went down, killing 83 passengers and seven crew.