UN ‘comes together in sadness and solidarity’ to honour staff who died on board Ethiopian Airlines flight

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:38 am

New York, Mar 16 (IBNS): Ceremonies were held at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva on Friday, to remember and honour the staff who died on board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed near Addis Ababa last Sunday, killing all 157 passengers and crew.

Lebanon bans Boeing 737 aircraft after Ethiopian Airlines crash

Mar 13, 2019, at 03:12 pm

Beirut, Mar 13 (UNI): After Singapore and Germany, Lebanese on Wednesday announced its ban on the Boeing 737 aircraft using Lebanon's airspace, the National News Agency reported.

Boeing postpones 777X debut after Ethiopian Airlines crash

Mar 12, 2019, at 09:41 am

San Francisco, Mar 12 (Xinhua/UNI): U.S. top aircraft manufacturer Boeing has postponed the debut of 777X airplane previously planned for this week, local media reported on Sunday night.

Let us keep ‘their spirit of service alive’: Guterres leads tributes to UN workers who died in Ethiopia crash

Mar 12, 2019, at 08:44 am

New York, Mar 12 (IBNS): United Nations flags flew at half-mast around the world on Monday to honour the more than 150 people killed in Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash, including at least 21 UN workers.

Xi sends condolences to Ethiopian, Kenyan presidents over plane crash

Mar 11, 2019, at 07:37 pm

Beijing, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent messages of condolence respectively to his Ethiopian and Kenyan counterparts, Sahle-Work Zewde and Uhuru Kenyatta, over the plane crash that killed 157 people on Sunday.

US state department expresses condolences over Sunday plane crash in Ethiopia

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:50 am

Moscow, Mar 11 (Sputnik/UNI): The US Department of State expressed condolences in connection with the Sunday crash of the Boeing 737 aircraft in Ethiopia.

Ghanaian president offers condolences over Ethiopian airlines crash

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:47 am

Accra, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI) Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday sent a message of condolences to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed over the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed the 157 people onboard.

Egypt extends condolences over Ethiopian plane crash

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:35 am

Cairo, Mar 10 (Xinhua/UNI) Egypt offered its condolences to the families of the victims of an Ethiopian Airlines (ET) plane crash that occurred earlier on Sunday.

UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by Ethiopia plane crash which killed more than 150, including 19 UN staff

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:12 am

New York, Mar 11 (IBNS): An Ethiopian  Airlines fight crashed shortly after take off from the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing more than 150 people on board. The UN  Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement that he was “deeply saddened at the tragic loss of lives” , as reports emerged that UN staff were also among the dead.

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau mourns loss of lives in Ethiopian Airlines flight crash incident

Mar 11, 2019, at 08:55 am

Toronto, Mar 11 (IBNS): As 18 Canadian died in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash incident, country's PM Justin Trudeau on Sunday condoled the loss of lives in the tragedy.

Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes killing all 157 on board

Mar 10, 2019, at 04:58 pm

Addis Ababa, Mar 10 (UNI) All 157 passengers who were on board Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed in central Ethiopia on its way to Kenya on Sunday morning have died, airlines said.

Ethiopian Airlines flight en route to Nairobi crashes with 157 people onboard

Mar 10, 2019, at 03:15 pm

Nairobi, Mar 10 (IBNS): An Ethiopian Airlines flight on its way to Nairobi, crashed with about 157 people on board, media reports said.