[속보] 추락 에티오피아 여객기 탑승객 157명 모두 사망 [Breaking] 8 Americans among 157 dead when Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes after takeoff
8 Americans among 157 dead when Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes after takeoff
In this photo taken from the Ethiopian Airlines Facebook page, the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, looks at the wreckage of the plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday. (Photo: Facebook via AP)
[속보] 추락 에티오피아 여객기 탑승객 157명 모두 사망 사망자 30여개국 국적 구성 미국인 8명 한국인 탑승 여부 미파악 에티오피아 항공 한 대가 일요일 아침 에티오피아 수도에서 이륙한 직후 추락했다고 당국은 말했다. 이후 탑승자는 모두 사망했으며 사망자는 30여 개의 국적의 탑승객이 타고 있던 것으로 알려졌다. 이 여객기는 작년 11월 항공사에 인도된 보잉 737-8 MAX 산형 여객기로 추락 원인은 즉각 밝혀지지 않았다. 조종사는 조난신호를 보냈고 돌아올 수 있는 허가를 받았다고 항공사 대표는 기자들에게 말했다. 항공사는 149명의 승객과 8명의 승무원이 비행기에 탑승한 것으로 추정된다고 말했다. 케냐인, 캐나다인, 중국인, 미국인, 에티오피아인, 이탈리아인, 프랑스인, 영국인, 이집트인, 인도인, 슬로바키아인 등이 사망자에 포함되었다고 이 항공사 CEO인 Tewolde Gebremariam이 말했다. [속보] 157명 탄 나이로비행 에티오피아 보잉 여객기 추락[Breaking] UPDATE: 157 aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi involved in fatal crash https://conpaper.tistory.com/75852 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터 Ki Cheol Hwang, conpaper editor, curator |
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ethiopia’s capital on Sunday morning, killing all 157 on board, authorities said, as grieving families rushed to airports in Addis Ababa and the destination, Nairobi. More than 30 nationalities are among the dead.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash of the Boeing 737-8 MAX plane, which was new and had been delivered to the airline in November. The pilot sent out a distress call and was given clearance to return, the airline’s CEO told reporters.
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The state-owned Ethiopian Airlines, widely considered the best-managed airline in Africa, calls itself Africa’s largest carrier and has ambitions of becoming the gateway to the continent. It is known as an early buyer of new aircraft as it assertively expands.
The plane crashed six minutes after departing Addis Ababa on its way to Kenya’s capital, plowing into the ground at Hejere near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, some 31 miles south of Addis Ababa, at 8:44 a.m.
The airline later published a photo showing its CEO standing in the wreckage. Little of the plane could be seen in the freshly churned earth, under a blue sky.
In this photo taken from the Ethiopian Airlines Facebook page, the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, looks at the wreckage of the plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday.
“Tewolde Gebremariam, who is at the accident scene now, regrets to confirm that there are no survivors,” the post on social media said. “He expresses his profound sympathy and condolences to the families and loved ones of passengers and crew who lost their lives in this tragic accident.”
The plane had showed unstable vertical speed after takeoff, air traffic monitor Flightradar 24 said in a Twitter post. Visibility was clear.
State broadcaster EBC reported that 33 nationalities were among the victims. The airline’s CEO said those included 32 Kenyans and nine Ethiopians. Authorities said other victims include 18 Canadians; eight each from China, the United States and Italy; seven each from France and Britain; six from Egypt; five from the Netherlands and four each from India and Slovakia.
The airline has said 157 people were thought to be on board.
The Ethiopian prime minister’s office offered its “deepest condolences” to families. “My prayers go to all the families and associates of those on board,” Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta said.
Family members of victims involved in a plane crash react at Addis Ababa international airport on Sunday. An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ethiopia's capital on Sunday morning, killing all 157 people thought to be on board, the airline and state broadcaster said, as anxious families rushed to airports in Addis Ababa and the destination, Nairobi. (Photo: Mulugeta Ayene, AP)
The Addis Ababa-Nairobi route links East Africa’s two largest economic powers and is popular with tourists making their way to safari and other destinations. Sunburned travelers and tour groups crowd the Addis Ababa airport’s waiting areas, along with businessmen from China and elsewhere.
At the airport in Nairobi, worried families gathered.
“I came to the airport to receive my brother but I have been told there is a problem,” Agnes Muilu said. “I just pray that he is safe or he was not on it.”
”Why are they taking us round and round, it is all over the news that the plane crashed,” said Edwin Ong’undi, who had been waiting for his sister. “All we are asking for is information to know about their fate.”
The Boeing 737-8 MAX was new, delivered to Ethiopian Airlines in mid-November, the airline’s CEO said. Its last maintenance was on Feb. 4 and it had flown just 1,200 hours. The pilot was a senior one, joining the airline in 2010, he said.
In a statement, Boeing said it was “deeply saddened” to hear of the crash and that a technical team was ready to provide assistance at the request of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
In October, another Boeing 737-8 MAX plunged into the Java Sea just minutes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, killing all 189 people on board the plane Lion Air flight. The cockpit data recorder showed that the jet’s airspeed indicator had malfunctioned on its last four flights, though Lion Air initially claimed that problems with the aircraft had been fixed.
A Djiboutian national Hiba, left, waits at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday for news of a loved one who was on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
The last deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane was in 2010, when the plane crashed minutes after takeoff from Beirut killing all 90 people on board.
Sunday’s crash comes as the country’s reformist prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, has vowed to open up the airline and other sectors to foreign investment in a major transformation of the state-centered economy.
Ethiopian Airlines’ expansion has included the recent opening of a route to Moscow and the inauguration in January of a new passenger terminal in Addis Ababa to triple capacity.
Speaking at the inauguration, the prime minister challenged the airline to build a new “Airport City” terminal in Bishoftu – where Sunday’s crash occurred.
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