The Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed early Sunday morning local time.
n Airlines flight to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, a spokesman for the airline told Reuters."We hereby confirm that our scheduled flight ET 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was involved in accident today," the airline said in a statement.
The airline said"search and rescue operations are in progress and we have no confirmed information about survivors or any possible casualties."Flight ET 302 crashed near the town of Bishoftu, 62 kilometres southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, the airline said, confirming the plane was a Boeing 737-800 MAX.
It would also set up a passenger information centre and a dedicated telephone number for family and friends of people who may have been on the flight.
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