Memorial ceremonies have been held in Kenya and Ethiopia for the 157 people who died when a Boeing jet crashed a week ago.
There were more than 30 different nationalities on board the Ethiopian airliner that crashed. Kenya was the worst hit with 36 citizens dying.
The airline crashed shortly after taking off from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa. It was en-route to Nairobi Kenya.
The pilot of #ET302 (Boeing 737 MAX 8) is said to have reported difficulties with the aircraft to ATC.
Solemn memorial
On Sunday relatives of the victims gathered in Kenya’s capital Nairobi and Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa to remember them.
In Ethiopia’s Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, relatives gathered around empty 12 coffins representing the Ethiopian victims.
Staff of the Ethiopian Airlines also gathered at the city’s Bole International Airport to pay their respects to the crew that perished in the crash.
In Kenya’s Nairobi, relatives of some of the 36 victims were joined by diplomats from other nationalities involved in the crash to pay their respects.
A service was held at an Ethiopian Orthodox church in the city.
Investigations ongoing
There hasn’t been any clear explanation for the crash but experts are currently examining the black boxes retrieved from the crash site.
The boxes were sent to Paris, France since Ethiopian officials couldn’t read the details of the devices.
The devices recovered from the crash site included the jet’s cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder.
Meanwhile there is a global halt to the use of Boeing jets as countries around the world await information on how safe it is to fly them.
Source: Africafeeds.com
