The situation was tense, with family members demanding to be given the list of the people who were on board. CONFLICTING REPORTS“The families have been forced to rely on information from social media, which is conflicting. As anxiety mounted over the accident, Transport CS James Macharia said only Ethiopian Airlines and the Ethiopian government could provide information about the crash. The situation was tense, with family members demanding to be given the list of the people who were on board. They had all been hoping against hope that their relatives had survived, but at 3pm, an Ethiopian Airlines public relations officer identified only as Rosana, informed them that all aboard the plane had perished.

Source: Daily Nation March 10, 2019 21:45 UTC