His mother, Antoinette, told NBC News her son was on vacation. Antoine Lewis who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday. Melvin and Bennett Riffel, who were brothers from Redding, California, were also passengers on the flight, according to a family spokesman. They were returning from a trip to Australia, longtime family friend and Redding Chamber of Commerce President Jake Mangas told NBC News late Monday. Five other Americans were on board the Ethiopian Airlines jet, which was was headed from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, Kenya.

Source: Ethiopian News March 12, 2019 04:41 UTC