No survivors, 157 deaths including eight Italians: and the terrible toll of the tragic plane crash that took place in Ethiopia on Sunday. An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed after taking off from Addis Ababa on its way to Nairobi. Among the 157 victims on board, 149 were passengers and 8 crew members. China and Ethiopia stop cursed plane Ethiopian Airlines has blocked all Boeing 737 Max aircraft, ie those of the same model crashed 6 minutes after take-off. This was announced by the airline in a tweet. ‘Following the tragic accident of 10 March – it reads – Ethiopian Airlines has decided to keep all Boeing 737 Max on the ground. The causes of the disaster are not yet known – continues the note – and the decision is taken as a precaution. The company – concludes the press release – will disseminate further information as soon as available ‘.
And South Korea has launched a “precautionary” investigation into the Boeing 737 Max 8after the accident involving the same model of Ethiopian Airlines. A team of 4 technicians visited Eastar Jet, a local low cost company, carrying out checks on autopilot and other systems. Oh Sung-oun, director of the Airworthiness Division of the Ministry of Transportation, the exam will end on Friday and there are currently no plans to keep the B737 Max on the ground, reports the Yonhap agency.
The Chinese airlines have also received the order to suspend the use of the Boeing 737 Max. ITALIANS ON THE PLANE – In the passenger list is the commissioner for Cultural Heritage of the Sicilian Region Sebastiano Tusa , an internationally renowned archaeologist. They were also on the Boeing threemembers of the Bergamo NGO Africa Tremila: the president Carlo Spini – 75 years old, originally from Sansepolcro (Arezzo) and resident in Pistoia – his wife, nurse, Gabriella Vigiani and the treasurer of the non-profit organization Matteo Ravasio . Among the victims of the plane crash there is also Paolo Dieci , resident in Rome, president of the NGO Cisp and the LinK 2007 network, a consortium coordination association that brings together important Italian non-governmental organizations. There are also the names of Virginia Chimenti , an official of the UN World Food Program, Rosemary Mumbi and Maria Pilar Buzzettiin the list of 8 Italians who were on board the flight. Here are the Italian victims .
” Today is a day of pain . In the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed after take-off from Addis Ababa there were also our compatriots. We all huddle with the families of the victims, addressing them our participants, moved thoughts”, writes on Twitter the president of the Council, Giuseppe Conte . THE NATIONALITIES OF THE VICTIMS – Here is the list of the 35 countries of origin of the passenger victimsprovided by Ethiopian Airlines bulletin number 3 relaunched with a tweet: 32 Kenya, 18 Canada, 9 Ethiopia, 8 China, 8 Italy, 8 USA, 7 France, 7 Great Britain, 6 Egypt, 5 Germany, 4 India, 4 Slovakia , 3 Austria, 3 Russia, 3 Sweden, 2 Spain, 2 Israel, 2 Morocco, 2 Poland, 1 Belgium, 1 Djibouti, 1 Indonesia, 1 Ireland, 1 Mozambique, 1 Norway, 1 Rwanda, 1 Saudi Arabia, 1 Sudan, 1 Somalia, 1 Serbia, 1 Togo, 1 Uganda, 1 Yemen, 1 Nepal, 1 Nigeria, 1 UN passport. THE PLACE OF THE DISASTER – The crash occurred near the locality of Bishoftud, about fifty kilometers south of the Ethiopian capital, at 8.44 local time, 6 minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa. PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE OFF– The pilot had been authorized to return after having reported problems after take-off, said the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Tewolde Gebremariam. The plane, a Boeing 737-8 MAX, was a new aircraft, delivered to the airline in mid-November. “The checks and routine maintenance never revealed any problems – he stressed -. It was a brand new aircraft”. The Boeing 737 crashed in Ethiopia and of the “800MAX” type, the same as the Indonesian Lion Air plane that crashed on October 29 in the Java Sea a few minutes after take-off causing the death of 189 people on board. Plane crashes in Ethiopia, 8 Italians on board
Ethiopian Airlines has released a photo showing the company’s CEO standing in the wreckage of the plane that crashed after taking off from Addis Ababa. The post, published on the airline’s social media, explains that that “Tewolde Gebremariam is now at the scene of the accident and regrets confirming that there are no survivors. He expresses his deep closeness and condolences to the families of the passengers and members. of the crew who lost their lives in this tragic accident “.
The office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed expressed “on behalf of the government and the Ethiopian people the deepest condolences to the families”.
At the moment the cause of the accident is not yet clear. Ethiopian Airlines has a good reputation in terms of safety, one of the best in Africa, although in 2010 – as the BBC points out – one of its aircraft crashed in the Mediterranean Sea after taking off from Beirut, Lebanon. 90 people died in the accident . THE PRESS CONFERENCE OF ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
