An Ethiopian Airlines flight has tragically gone down with all 157 people killed only 6 minutes into a trip to Nairobi. A British woman whose dad feared her flying is one of the first victims identified from the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that claimed the lives of passengers and crew from 35 countries. As many as 19 United Nations workers died in the crash, the UN Department of Safety and Security in Kenya said. “The United Nations is in contact with the Ethiopian authorities and working closely with them to establish the details of United Nations personnel who lost their lives in this tragedy.”More than 4700 officials have been gathering in Nairobi for the UN Environment Assembly from March 11 to 15. As more heartbreaking stories from the crash emerge, Slovakian MP Anton Hrnko said his family had died in the crash.

Source: Ethiopian News March 10, 2019 21:30 UTC