Ethiopian Airlines says flight from Addis to Nairobi crashed, 157 on board

Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that its flight ET 302/10 March in schedule service from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was involved in an accident on Sunday around Bishoftu (Debre Zeit).

The aircraft B-737-800MAX with registration number ET- AVJ took off at 08:38 am local time from Addis Ababa, Bole International Airport and lost contact at 08:44am.

It is believed that there were 149 passengers and 8 crew onboard the flight.