18 Canadians are among the victim’s of a deadly plane crash in Ethiopia Sunday morning.
#EthiopianAirlines says captain of #ET302 informed Air Traffic Control that he was having difficulty and wanted to return to Addis. He was given clearance. 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians & 9 Ethiopians among the 157 killed pic.twitter.com/kI4r2R0lXY
— Larry Madowo (@LarryMadowo) March 10, 2019
The Ethiopian Airlines CEO and Kenya’s Transportation Minister have confirmed there were no survivors.
157 people were thought to be on board.
Accident Bulletin no. 1Issued on march 10, 2019 at 11:00amAccident to Ethiopian Airlines flight number ET 302…
Posted by Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure-GoK on Sunday, March 10, 2019
The Boeing 737 was en-route to Nairobi when it lost touch with the control tower, and crashed shortly after.
It’s not clear yet what caused the crash.