Boeing, the company that built the crashed Ethiopian Airline aeroplane, said in a tweet that it was “closely monitoring the situation”.
Its 737 Max-8 aircraft is relatively new to the skies, having been launched in 2016. It was added to the Ethiopian Airlines fleet in July last year.
Another plane of the same model was involved in a crash five months ago, when a lion Air Flight crashed into the sea near Indonesia with nearly 190 people on board.
The Kenyan government is “supporting” the Ethiopian authorities following the crash, the country’s Transport Secretary has said.
James Wainaina Macharia said support centres had been set up near Jomo Kenyatta airport.
He also called for “highest level of privacy” for the family and friends of those feared to have been on board the flight.
Kenya has set up a hotline for those whose family and friends may have been on the flight: (+254)733666066.