All 149 persons and eight crew members were reportedly dead in an Ethiopian Airline crash which occurred Sunday at about 8;44 am just about thirty-seven miles from the Ethiopia capital in Addis Ababa.
The Kenyan bound plane crashed just about six minutes after taking off, killing all 157 persons on board, from different nationalities.
The aircraft, a Boeing 737 MAX with registration number ET- AVJ, took off at 08.38am local time from Addis Ababa and lost contact at 08.44am.
On board the aircraft were people from about 35 countries consisting of Nigerians, Britons, Americans, Canadians, Kenyans, Ethiopians etc.
On the flight were 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians, eight Chinese, eight Italians, eight Americans, and seven people each from France and United Kingdom.
There were also six Egyptians, five Germans, four people each from Slovakia and India, three people each from Austria, Russia, Sweden, and two people each from Spain, Israel, Morocco and Poland.
Belgium, Djibouti, Indonesia, Ireland, Mozambique, Norway, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Serbia, Togo, Uganda, Yemeni, Nepal each had one national aboard the flight while one other person had a UN passport.
The airline confirmed that the scheduled flight ET 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was involved in an accident and that there were no survivors.
Analysts say the Airline has been known to have excellent maintenance record and that the crash came as a surprise given that the aircraft was a new plane, a Boeing 737 recently purchased.