Accidents
Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 Crashes, Killing 157
Flight ET 302 lost contact with ATC six minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa.
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam inspects wreckage from Flight ET 302 outside Addis Ababa. (Photo: Ethiopian Airlines)
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam inspects wreckage from Flight ET 302 outside Addis Ababa. (Photo: Ethiopian Airlines)

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed minutes after taking off on a flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi Sunday, killing all 149 passengers and eight crewmembers on board, the airline confirmed. Flight ET 302 took off from Bole International Airport at 8:38 am local time. Air traffic control lost contact with the crew just six minutes later. The airplane crashed near Bishoftu, about 35 miles southeast of Addis Ababa.