Liner airline "Ethiopian Airlines' (Ethiopian Airlines), flying to Nairobi, crashed, Reuters reports.
Passenger aircraft "Boeing-737" (flight ET 302, ET-AVJ registration number) crashed Sunday morning in the Oromia region, near the village of Debre Zeit.
Later, the airline was reported, according to which on board were 157 human: 149 passengers and 8 crew.
reported, that the Boeing 737-800 flew from Addis Ababa International Airport 08:38 by local time (It coincides with Moscow) and in a few minutes (at 08:44) lost contact with the control tower.
Currently underway in search and rescue operations. Prime Minister of Ethiopia, through social networks expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. Any additional information in his messages was not.
The agency notes, that Ethiopian Airlines is one of the largest airlines in Africa. On average, the airline transports 10 million. passengers per year. Previous major accident occurred in 2010 year, when a passenger plane, flying from Beirut, He fell shortly after takeoff.
Not yet known, They were on board the crashed "Boeing" Russians. About this RIA Novosti said the head of the consular department of the Russian Embassy in Kenya Oleg Kiporenko. Passenger information specified.
At the same time noted Kiporenko, that Russian citizens are actively using Ethiopian Airlines service because it was cheaper tickets.
