MANILA: THE Department Foreign Affairs (DFA) checks for Filipinos on board crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane
THE Department Foreign Affairs (DFA) directed the Philippine embassies in Cairo and Nairobi to determine if there were Filipinos on board the Ethiopian Airlines, which crashed on Sunday morning shortly after takeoff.
Reports said there were 33 foreigners out of the 157 passengers and crew on board the ill-fated aircraft.
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“The Philippines expresses its condolences to Ethiopia after 149 passengers and eight crew members were killed when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max-8 crashed while enroute to Kenya on Sunday,” DFA Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato said.
“The loved ones of those who perished in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 are in our thoughts and prayers,” he said in a statement.
The Ethiopian Airlines wrote on Twitter that the group’s CEO (chief executive officer) went to the crash site and regretted “to confirm that there are no survivors.”
“He expresses his profound sympathy and condolences to the families and loved ones of passengers and crew who lost their lives in this tragic accident,” Ethiopian Airlines said. BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO / BY THE MANILA TIMES
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