Empty coffins buried in mass funeral for Ethiopian plane crash victims

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Thousands have mourned the Ethiopian plane crash victims, accompanying 17 empty caskets draped in the national flag.

Thousands have mourned the Ethiopian plane crash victims, accompanying 17 empty caskets draped in the national flag through the streets of the capital as some victims' relatives fainted and fell to the ground.

Family members confirmed they were given a kilogram sack of scorched earth taken from the crash site. Many relatives already have gathered at the rural, dusty crash site outside Ethiopia's capital.

 

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