Image copyright Reuters Image caption UN staff mourn colleagues during a ceremony at the crash site near Addis AbabaEthiopian Airlines has offered the relatives of 157 victims of last Sunday's Boeing 737 Max plane crash bags of scorched earth to bury in place of their loved ones, reports say. Earth from the crash site is being made available for a planned service in Addis Ababa on Sunday, Reuters reports. Relatives of the passengers killed in the incident are being encouraged to provide DNA samples either in Addis Ababa or at any overseas offices of Ethiopian Airlines. Passengers from more than 30 countries were on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. The Ethiopian investigation into the crash is being assisted by teams from around the world, including the US and France.

Source: Ethiopian News March 17, 2019 01:07 UTC