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Ill-fated plane dug up a 10m crater on impact

The plane tried to climb before it made a sharp turn and came down. [Photo, Courtesy]

The Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday, killing all 157 people aboard, was trailing smoke and making a strange sound before it came down, two witnesses said.

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