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Ethiopia crash bodies will take days to release

A rescue team carries bodies in bags at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu. [Photo:Courtesy]

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Families of those killed aboard Ethiopia Airlines flight 302 must wait at least five days to begin receiving some victims’ remains, the company said on Tuesday, though the identification of others is expected to take much longer.

Trailing smoke and sparks, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged into a field minutes after take-off on Sunday from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people aboard.

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