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Man who missed Ethiopian plane crash by two minutes speaks

A delay in the first flight from Dubai to Addis Ababa could have been a disappointment to Ahmed Khalid, but if the picture of the remains of the Ethiopian Airline that crashed on Sunday comes to the fore, then Khalid owes his life to that which caused the delay.

According to TRT World, Ahmed Khalid was poised to take the first flight to Nairobi, which was ET202 that crashed on Sunday, six minutes after leaving the airport, forcing him to take the next flight.

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