A list of the 35 nationalities killed in Ethiopia crash

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Teshome Woldeamanuel  | Reply

A list of the 35 nationalities killed in Ethiopia crash This photo was taken Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, shows an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 parked at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) The Associated Press  Published Sunday, March 10, 2019, 1:36 PM EDT  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Citizens from 35 countries were.....

18 Canadians among 157 dead after Ethiopian Airlines plane crash near Addis Ababa

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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

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Eighteen Canadians are among the victims of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that killed all 157 people thought to be on board Sunday, the airline’s CEO and Kenya’s transport minister said. The victims also include 32 Kenyans, nine Ethiopians, eight people 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. It is not yet clear what caused the crash of new Boeing 737-8 MAX plane shortly after takeoff from Bole Airport en route to Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The pilot sent out a distress call and was given clearance to return, the airline’s CEO said. The airline says it will soon conduct forensic investigations to identify the 149 passengers and eight crew who died when a Boeing 737-8 MAX went down shortly after departing from Bole Airport in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi, Kenya. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the news devastating and said his thoughts are with all the victims and everyone who lost friends, family or loved ones. The plane was one of 30 purchased and being delivered to the rapidly expanding airline. A Boeing statement in July noted the delivery of the first plane. The Ethiopian Airlines CEO says the crashed plane had been delivered in mid-November, 2018. 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 said 149 passengers and eight crew members were thought to be on the plane that crashed six minutes after departing Addis Ababa on its way to Kenya’s capital. The crash occurred around Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, some 50 kilometres south of Addis Ababa, at 8:44 a.m. The airline later published a photo that appeared to show its CEO standing in the wreckage. Little of the plane could be seen in the freshly churned earth, under a blue sky. “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 all passengers were dead and that they included 33 nationalities. The Ethiopian prime minister’s office offered its “deepest condolences” to families. 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 travellers 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.” Kenya’s transport minister, James Macharia, said an emergency response had been set up for family and friends. “My prayers go to all the families and associates of those on board,” Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta said. Records show that the plane was new. The Planespotters civil aviation database shows that the Boeing 737-8 MAX was delivered to Ethiopian Airlines in mid-November. 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. 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-centred economy. Ethiopian Airlines has been expanding assertively, recently opening a route to Moscow and in January inaugurating 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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The unforgettable massacre of Addis Ababa

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  By Haile-Gabriel Endeshaw We observed last Tuesday, the 19th of February, the 82nd anniversary of the massacre of civilian Ethiopians in Addis Ababa. We give a special place in our heart to those who lost their lives cold-bloodedly at the hands of the brutal Fascist invaders. This writer dedicated this piece in memory.....

The Battle of Adwa: When Ethiopia crushed Italy!

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March 2014 marked 118 years of the historic victory of Ethiopian forces over an aspiring imperial power, Italy, soon after the shameful Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 that cut up Africa and divided its territory and resources. Pusch Commey takes us down memory lane. The Battle of Adwa (also known as Adowa, or.....

THE LAST DAY OF EMPEROR TEWODROS II’s LIFE AND THE LOOT OF MAGDALA

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An Eye Witness Account by an American Author/Journalist. By Kidane Alemayehu and Konjit Meshesha “They (two British soldiers) observed a man standing near a haystack with a revolver in his hand. When he saw them prepare to fire, he ran behind a haystack, and both men heard plainly a shot fired. They.....

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Posted on February 27, 2019 by Teshome Woldeamanuel  | Reply

 ጥበበ ሳሙኤል ፈረንጅ (የካቲት 18  2011 (02/25/2019) አባቴ ነፍሱን ይማረውና፤ ከ25 ዓመታት ገደማ በፊት “ይሰቀል”፤ “ይሰቀል” በሚል ርዕስ አንድ ቲያትር ጽፎ ለእይታ ቀርቦለታል። የቲያትሩ ዋና መልዕክት፤ የሃገራችን የፖለቲካ ባሕል፤ ሁሉንም ለውጥ፤ በነውጥ እና በአብዮት የሚፈልግ መሁኑን ለመጠቆም እና፤ “በመንጋ ዳኝነት”፤ ነገሮችን በሰከን አእምሮ ባለማየት በምንወስናቸው ውሳኔዎች ወይም በምንፈጥረው ግፊት፤ የሚወሰኑ ውሳኔዎች፤.....

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Posted on February 26, 2019 by Teshome Woldeamanuel  | Reply

የኢፌዴሪ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዶክተር አብይ አህመድ በዓለም ኢኮኖሚክ ፎረም ላይ ያደረጉት ንግግር

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Teshome Woldeamanuel  | Reply

የኢፌዴሪ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዶክተር አብይ አህመድ በዓለም ኢኮኖሚክ ፎረም ላይ ያደረጉት ንግግር

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