[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi crashed today (Sunday, March 10) early morning with 149 passengers and eight crew members on board, a spokesperson from the airlines who did not give his name, told the Reuters.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is confirmed, it happened at 8.44 am\u201d, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hereby confirm that our scheduled flight ET 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was involved in an accident today, it is believed that there were 149 passengers and eight crew on board the flight but we are currently confirming the details of the passenger manifest for the flight,\u201d the airline said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The Ethiopian prime minister\u2019s official Twitter also expressed condolences to families of those lost in the crash. \u201cThe office of the PM, on behalf of government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express it\u2019s 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,\u201d the PM\u2019s office said on Twitter.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](More details awaited)<\/p>\n
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