Search for bodies, clues after Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crash

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 02:29:43 +0000

A man carries a piece of debris on his head at the crash site of a Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10, 2019. - A Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all eight crew and 149 passengers on board, including tourists, business travellers, and "at least a dozen" UN staff. (Photo by Michael TEWELDE / AFP)

Ethiopia will observe a national day of mourning Monday as investigators search for bodies and clues into the crash of a Nairobi-bound Boeing minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board.

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Ethiopian Airlines crash kills 157, spreads global grief

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 23:47:11 +0000

Ethiopian Airlines crash kills 157, spreads global grief

An Ethiopian Airlines jet faltered and crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff from the country’s capital, carving a gash in the earth and spreading global grief to 35 countries that had someone among the 157 people who were killed.

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British museum agrees to return emperor’s hair to Ethiopia

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:15:00 +0000

Two locks of hair belonging to a widely revered Ethiopian emperor will be repatriated after a request from Addis Ababa,

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Crocodile kills pastor baptizing people in lake

lake abaya, ethiopia

A pastor suffered at the deadly jaws of a crocodile while conducting a baptism for a number of followers in a southern Ethiopia lake. Eighty people were gathered at Lake Abaya, located near the town of Arba Minch, on Sunday morning to receive baptism from Protestant pastor Docho Eshete, BBC reports. After baptizing the first […]

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