One minute you could be alive smiling, the next you’re in a body bag.This is the fate of Ethiopian air hostesses captured in a photo before boarding the ill fated plane that crashed before arriving to its destination in Nairobi.
The Ethiopian plane accident was strikingly similar to 2018 crash of a Lion Air jet that plunged into the Java Sea, killing 189 people. Both crashes involved the Boeing 737 Max 8, and both happened minutes after the jets became airborne.
It is not clear what caused the Ethiopian Airlines plane to go down in clear weather six minutes after departing Bole Airport in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on its way to Nairobi, the capital of neighbouring Kenya.
The crash claimed 157 lives spreading global grief to 35 countries that had someone among the people who were killed.
One minute you’re alive smiling, the next you’re in a body bag. RIP to these beauties and everyone who lost their lives. It’s so painful to lose someone. #ethiopianairlines pic.twitter.com/65ndiH0eOk— Bel Akinyi (@BelAkinyii) March 10, 2019
“Ethiopian Airlines is one of the safest airlines in the world. At this stage we cannot rule out anything,” CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told reporters. He visited the crash site, standing in the gaping crater flecked with debris.
Black body bags were spread out nearby while Red Cross and other workers looked for remains. As the sun set, the airline’s chief operating officer said the plane’s flight data recorder had not yet been found.
Some of those aboard were thought to be travelling to a major United Nations environmental meeting scheduled to start Monday in Nairobi. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said staff members were among the victims, as were colleagues from the United Nations.
A UN official said the United Nations expects that about a dozen passengers affiliated with the world organization were on the Ethiopian Airlines jet.
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