19 UN staff members killed in Ethiopia plane crash
19 employees of the United Nations have been killed in the plane crash in Ethiopia, according to the preliminary data, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, TASS reports.
The Boeing 737 en route from Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Ababa to Kenya’s Nairobi crashed on Sunday morning near Debre Zeit in central Ethiopia. The plane lost contact six minutes after takeoff, the airline said. There were 149 passengers and 8 crewmembers on board the plane.
There are no survivors in the crash.
The planed carried people from over 30 countries. Three Russian nationals were killed in the crash; they were identified by the Russian Embassy in Addis Ababa.
March 11 has been declared a mourning day in Ethiopia.
