“The South African diplomatic missions in Addis Ababa and Nairobi have been directed to work with the airline and ascertain whether there were any passengers in the affected plane travelling on South African passports,” presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko said on Sunday.
“President [Cyril] Ramaphosa said the thoughts of the South African people are with the sisterly people of all the affected countries, especially the sisterly people of Ethiopia and Kenya.” The flight left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8.38am local time, before losing contact with the control tower just a few minutes later at 8.44am.
“There are no survivors onboard the flight, which carried passengers from 33 countries,” said state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, quoting an unidentified source at the airline. Flight ET 302 crashed near the town of Bishoftu, 62km southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, the airline said.
KhayaJames wrote: 32 passengers were Kenyan 18 Canada 9 Ethiopian 8 Chinese 8 Italian 8 US 7 British 7 France 6 Egypt 5 Netherlands 4 UN passport 4 Indian 3 Russian 2 Moroccan 2 Israeli 1 Belgian 1 Ugandan 1 Yemeni 1 Sudanese 1 Togo 1 Mozambican 1 Norwegian
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32 passengers were Kenyan 18 Canada 9 Ethiopian 8 Chinese 8 Italian 8 US 7 British 7 France 6 Egypt 5 Netherlands 4 UN passport 4 Indian 3 Russian 2 Moroccan 2 Israeli 1 Belgian 1 Ugandan 1 Yemeni 1 Sudanese 1 Togo 1 Mozambican 1 Norwegian EthiopianAirlines ET302Crash
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