The United Nations says some of its staff members were aboard the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed en route to Nairobi, Kenya, where the UN Environmental Assembly begins Monday
United Nations staff members were aboard the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on Sunday, according to Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Rescue teams collect remains of bodies amid debris at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10, 2019.In addition, staff members from the World Food Programme were on board the flight, WFP Executive Director David Beasley said.
“It is with immense shock and grief to inform you of the tragic news that Tamarind CEO, Jonathan Seex, was on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight," the post read."Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, the Tamarind community and all the others who have suffered unfathomable losses."Boeing said it will travel to the site where its Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed in Ethiopia.
People walk at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 10, 2019.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a statement on the devastating news from Ethiopia on Sunday. “Today we received the terrible news about the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines plane in the direction of Nairobi, which has killed so many people. In these hard times, our thoughts are with the families and relatives of the victims, to whom I express my heartfelt condolences,” Maas said in a statement on Sunday.The US Embassy in Addis Ababa and a State Department official confirmed there were Americans aboard the Ethiopian Airlines flight and said the US Government extends its condolences.
People walk past a part of the wreckage at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 10, 2019.Pilot reported difficulties and asked to turn back, airline CEO saysEthiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde GebreMariam told reporters at a press conference that the pilot of flight ET 302 that crashed Sunday morning had reported technical difficulties and asked for clearance to return to Addis Ababa.
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