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No survivors from crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane with 157 aboard: state media

Agence France-Presse
March 10, 2019 | 5:41pm
No survivors from crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane with 157 aboard: state media
In this file photo taken on November 28, 2017,an Ethiopian Airline Boeing 737-700 aircraft takes off from Felix Houphouet-Boigny Airport in Abidjan. An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed on March 10, 2019, en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi with 149 passengers and eight crew believed to be on board, Ethiopian Airlines said as Ethiopia's prime minister offered condolences to passengers' families.
AFP / Issouf Sanogo

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (UPDATED 7:04 p.m.)— All 149 passengers and eight crew on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight died when it crashed shortly after takeoff en route to Nairobi on Sunday, Ethiopian state media reported.

Quoting Ethiopian Airlines, Fana Broadcasting Corporate said the plane, which departed the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at 8:38 am (0538 GMT), crashed minutes after takeoff, "killing all the 149 passengers and eight crew aboard."

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