DNA results of the Ethiopian airplane crash to be announced in 5-6 months,says Ethiopian Airline.
Virtually none of the bodies of the 157 people including 32 Kenyans who perished in the Ethiopian airline crash will ever be recovered.
Grieving relatives and friends who flew to Addis Ababa in hopes of retrieving something will be devastated by the lack of remains.
The Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed on Sunday, killing all aboard. It carried passengers from 30 countries and 21 United Nations staff members.
The jet plunged into a field 60km kilometres (37 miles) outside Addis Ababa, and the impact of the crash and fire left the victims’ remains in fragments. They could take weeks or months to identify, if at all, experts say. If there is anything to identify, DNA or dental records would be required.
Relatives of the dead stormed out of a meeting with Ethiopian Airlines staff in the Skylight Hotel near Bole International Airport, deploring what they called a lack of transparency, while others made the painful trip to the crash scene.
The angry family members left the meeting at the hotel, saying that they are frustrated by a lack of answers to their questions. Some stood up to ask questions.
They said they wanted more “transparency” from the airlines and more details of Sunday’s accident.