Friday, March 15

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100 Relatives of Ethiopian Airline Crash Victims Stage a Walk out on Airline Meeting

Chinese, Kenyan  national mourning their relatives
ADDIS ABABA - Around 100 Relatives of some of the 157 victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 angrily walked out of a meeting with the airline on Thursday, complaining they were not being given information they about what happened to their relatives.

after some relatives of Ethiopian airline crash victims stage a walk out on airline meeting, the airline announced that the air plane's blackbox will be analysed in France.

"I'm so angry," said Yemeni citizen Abdulmajid Shariff, 38, who lost his brother-in-law in Sunday's disaster.

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"They called us to give us a report on bodies and the reasons for the crash but there was no information."


Investigators have found only charred remains of passengers, and no cause has yet been found for the second fatal crash of a Boeing 737 MAX in less than six months.

"We wanted to be told about DNA identification but they told us nothing. They were just offering condolences," said a Kenyan who lost her sister and did not want to give her name. “I'm actually going home today because there is nothing here."

All 149 passengers and eight crew died when the jet crashed six minutes after taking off from the high-altitude capital of Ethiopia. The nation of 105 million people has long been proud of the state-owned airline that is its most successful company.


Nine Ethiopians were killed in the crash, along with 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, and eight people each from China and Italy. A total of 35 nationalities were on board.

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