A plane belonging to Ethiopian Airline has crashed with 149 passengers and 8 crew members onboard, Igbere TV reports.
The plane is believed to have crashed six minutes after take off.
Plane crash file photo
Igbere TV gathered that the plane was on its way to Nairobi, Kenya’s capital when the incident occurred.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister has expressed condolences to families of those lost.
In a post on Twitter monitored by Igbere TV, the PM wrote: “The office of the PM, on behalf of government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express it’s deepest condolences to the families that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this
morning.”
More details to follow…
