Ethiopian Airlines crash: Families of victims steel themselves for journey to crash site

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EthiopianAirlines crash: Families of victims steel themselves for journey to crash site

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopians clad in traditional mourning shawls and other black clothing gathered silently in a hotel conference room in Addis Ababa on Thursday , the loved ones of victims of ET Flight 302, before boarding buses headed for the crash site.

An airlines staff member replied that the crash was under investigation and that more details were emerging day by day. "Ahmed was the pride of the family," he told Reuters, seated alongside several other mourners."Heading to the site is the least I can do for him." Nine Ethiopians were killed in the crash, along with 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, and eight people each from China and Italy. A total of 35 nationalities were on board.

The crash was the second disaster involving the 737 Max, the world's most-sold modern passenger aircraft, in less than five months, and by the end of Wednesday, the jet had been grounded globally by regulators and airlines. Hamze Abdi Hussein came from the eastern Ethiopian town of Jijiga with five other family members after receiving confirmation of the crash that killed his uncle, Mucaad Hussein Abdela, a truck driver from Minnesota who was on his way to Kenya to visit relatives.

 

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