BY KEVIN KOECH A plane carrying 190 people skidded off a runway and crashed, breaking into two pieces after landing at Calicut airport in the southern state 16 die as plane crashes moments before take off - Kenya Satellite News Network It said previously that it expected to carry 10.6 million passengers last year.In 2010 one of the company’s planes crashed in the Mediterranean Sea shortly after leaving Beirut, killing 90 people on board.The Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed minutes after take off, with contact loss six minutes after it left Addis Ababa airport at 8.38am on Sunday- It was carrying 149 passengers and 8 crew; there were no survivors- The crash comes less than five months after a Lion Air crash involving the same model of plane in Indonesia 12 minutes after take-off, killing 189 people.- 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 from Slovakia, three Austrians, three Swedes, three Russians, two Moroccans, two Spaniards, two Poles, two Israelis, and one each from Belgium, Indonesia, Somalia, Norway, Serbia, Togo, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda and Yemen.- Four were using United Nations passports, so their nationalities are not immediately clear.- November 1996 - flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi ran out of fuel and crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros islands after it was hijacked by three men who demanded the pilot take them to Australia, leaving 125 of the 175 people on board dead- January 2010 - an Ethiopian passenger plane heading for Addis Ababa crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after taking off from Beirut International Airport, killing all 83 passengers and seven crew members on board- February 2014 - an Ethiopian Airlines jet en route from Addis Ababa to Milan was hijacked and diverted to Geneva by its co-pilot, Hailemedhin Tegegn, who claimed he was seeking asylum in Switzerland. He said an emergency response had been set up for family and friends.Red cross team work amid debris at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu. NAIROBI, Kenya – A small commercial plane has crashed while taking off from an airport in Kenya’s capital but domestic carrier Silverstone Air says all passengers and crew have safely disembarked.It is not immediately clear how many people were on board when the crash occurred Friday morning at Nairobi’s Wilson Airport. Free subscription Get the news that matters from one of the leading news sites in Kenya.
Schools cannot operate in the coronavirus regime using the existing facilities. The cause of the crash of the new Boeing 737-800 MAX plane is not immediately known. A light aircraft crashed on landing at Egypt’s Gouna Airport on the Red Sea coast on Thursday killing the two pilots on board, the civil aviation ministry said. “CS Kagwe needs to make up his mind whether he wants to be the boss of Afya House or Mafya,” she said. Ethiopian Airlines plane crash By Joshua Berlinger , Eric Levenson , Rob Picheta, Euan McKirdy , Jessie Yeung and Meg Wagner , CNN Updated 9:41 a.m. ... Picture: Michael Tewelde / AFPThe Ethiopian prime minister’s office in a separate, earlier statement offered condolences to families.The Office of the PM, on behalf of the Government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express it’s deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this morning.The plane is the same model as the deadly Lion Air crash off Jakarta, Indonesia, in October last year killing 189 people.Boeing Statement on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302: The Boeing 737-800 Max models involved in both crashes were only a few months old, raising concerns there could be an issue with the aircraft.Both jets crashed shortly after takeoff, the Ethiopian Airlines flight losing contact six minutes after leaving the runway and the Lion Air flight crashing 13 minutes after leaving Jakarta.Boeing said in a statement that it would offer Ethiopian Airlines technical support.“Boeing is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the passengers and crew on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a 737 MAX 8 airplane,” spokesman Paul Bergman said.“We extend our heartfelt sympathies to the families and loved ones of the passengers and crew on board and stand ready to support the Ethiopian Airlines team.“A Boeing technical team is prepared to provide technical assistance at the request and under the direction of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.”The crash came on the eve of a major, annual assembly of the UN Environment Programme opening in Nairobi.The weather in the capital, according to an AFP reporter, was clear when the brand-new Boeing plane, delivered to Ethiopia last year, took off.An AFP reporter said there was a massive crater at the crash site, with belongings and aeroplane parts scattered widely.Many UN personnel and diplomats are said to on the doomed plane, heading for the UN Environment Assembly that is to begin tomorrow in Nairobi, Kenya.Rescue crews were retrieving human remains from the wreckage. Picture: Mulugeta Ayene/AP“I am waiting for my colleague, I just hope for the best,” added Hannah, a Chinese national.African Union commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat said he had learnt of the crash “with utter shock and immense sadness”.“Our prayers are with the families of the passengers and crew as authorities search for survivors.