KATHMANDU, March 10: One Nepali national among 157 were killed in an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday, the airlines said.

However, the airlines has not made public the name of the Nepali national killed in the plane crash. The plane was carrying passengers from more than 30 countries, according to media reports.

In the deadliest air crash, 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians, eight Italians, eight Chinese citizens, eight Americans, seven British citizens, seven French citizens, six Egyptians, five Dutch citizens, four Indians, four people from Slovakia, three Austrians, three Swedes, three Russians, two Moroccans, two Spaniards, two Poles and two Israelis among those were killed.

Belgium, Indonesia, Somalia, Norway, Serbia, Togo, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda and Yemen each had one citizen onboard. Four of those onboard were listed as using United Nations passports and their nationalities were not immediately clear, Reuters reported.

The Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off, killing all 157 people on board and raising questions about the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, a new model that also crashed in Indonesia in October.

Accident Bulletin no. 3
Issued on March 10, 2019 at 4:59 PM pic.twitter.com/5UOxsbl24f

— Ethiopian Airlines (@flyethiopian) March 10, 2019

Sunday’s flight left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8:38 a.m. (0538 GMT), before losing contact with the control tower just a few minutes later at 8:44 a.m.

 
• nepali_national_killed
 
• Ethiopian_Airlines_plane