The Brampton, Ont., family that lost six members in the Ethiopian Airlines crash says authorities in that country have told them it could take up to six months to identify their relatives' remains. The family said Sunday that during their trip to Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, they were unable to identify their family members as they'd hoped. article continues below"We were not able to identify, we were advised timeline would be up to six months," Manant Vaidya wrote in a text message to The Canadian Press. Vaidya lost his parents Pannagesh Vaidya and Hansini Vaidya, his sister Kosha Vaidya, his brother-in-law Prerit Dixit, and nieces Ashka and Anushka Dixit in the plane crash last week. Vaidya travelled to Ethiopia with his wife and two daughters, and had hoped to transport his family members' remains to India for a burial ritual before returning to Canada.

Source: Ethiopian News March 18, 2019 00:56 UTC