Kenyan delegation to meet Ethiopian officials over plane crash

Esther Koimmet and Amb Mwangi arrive for a briefing at the Starlight Hotel, Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa

 

Ethiopian aviation officials to meet the Kenyan delegation led by Principal Secretary department of transport Esther Koimmet and Kenyan ambassador to Ethiopia Catherine Mwangi, to get an update on what has so far been collected relating to the accident.

This follows the Sunday plane crash involving an Ethiopian airline. All 157 passengers on board lost their lives including 32 Kenyans.

Others included:  USA (8), Egypt (6), China (8), Ethiopia (9), Netherlands (5), UK (7), Russia (3), France (7), Italy (8).

Ethiopian Airlines has pledged to support families of the victims and will provide accommodation at Skylight Hotel near Bole Airport.

Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority has closed the crash scene from the public, to allow for investigation

The cause of the accident is yet to be established but Swedish flight-tracking website flightradar24 said it “had unstable vertical speed”.

Meanwhile, body parts recovered from the crash site near Boshfu town have been preserved at the Menelik Hospital in Addis Ababa, autopsies expected to start immediately. However, Koimet says many b0ody parts have been burnt beyond recognition.