Airline crash kill all 149 passengers along with eight crew members

Airline crash kill all 149 passengers along with eight crew members

NAIROBI: An Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, a spokesman for the airline told Reuters.

“It is confirmed it happened 8.44 (am),” said the spokesman who did not give his name.

“The Office of the PM, on behalf of the Government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express its deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this morning,” the office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Twitter.