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Ethiopian Airlines plane crash: All 157 people on board dead

Ethiopian Airlines CEO at crash site (Bishoftu) Eight crew members and 149 passengers who were aboard flight ET302 from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to Nairobi in Kenya, have been killed in a plane crash this morning. Ethiopian Airlines reported that there were 33 different nationalities on board Boeing 737-800MAX. A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy to Ethiopia revealed that there were eight Chinese passengers on board. CNN reports that the plane lost contact at 08:44 am local time, six minutes after taking off from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa. The cause of the crash is still unknown. Ethiopian Airlines tweeted,  "The group CEO who is at the accident scene right now regrets to confirm that there are no survivors. "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." In an earlier statement, Ethiopian Airlines said staff would "be
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