An Ethiopian Airlines flight has crashed on its way to Kenya’s capital Nairobi, with deaths being reported, the Ethiopian prime minister’s office said.
A spokesman for the flight company confirmed the plane crash and said it is believed 149 passengers and eight crew members were on board.
Search and rescue operations are in place but there is no confirmed information about possible casualties or survivors, the airline said in a statement.
A spokesman for the airline confirmed the plane crashed while heading from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
The Prime Minister’s office issued a statement this morning saying the Boeing 737 was on a regularly scheduled flight when it crashed. The statement gave no details.
A spokesman for the airline confirmed the plane crashed while heading from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. the crash occurred around the town of Bishoftu, 42 kms to the east of the capital . The state-owned Ethiopian Airlines calls itself Africa’s largest carrier and has ambitions of becoming the gateway to the continent.
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