The airline said in a statement, "We confirm that our scheduled flight ET 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was involved in the accident today, later Ethiopian FNA Broadcasting Corp confirmed a report saying that no survivors Were.
"It is believed that there were 149 passengers and eight crew in the flight," it said.
The airline has not provided information about the nationality of the passengers, but there are reports that the people of 33 countries were on board. The accident took place on the eve of a major, annual meeting of the inauguration of the United Nations Environment Program in Nairobi.
According to AFP correspondent, the weather was clear in the capital, when the brand given to Ethiopia last year - the new Boeing aircraft flew.
Boeing came down to Tulu Phara village outside Bishowa.
A AFP reporter said that there was a big pit on the accident site, in which the luggage and airplane parts were widely scattered.
Rescuers were extracting human residues from debris.
Police and soldiers were on the scene, as well as the crash investigation team of Ethiopian civil aviation agency.
In the Kenyan capital, family members, friends, and colleagues were waiting for news in the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
Peter Lowi told AFP more than an hour after the scheduled time to land at 10 o'clock, I hope that all is well, because I have been waiting for my sister since morning and have not told us anything has gone. 25am local time
Her sister is a nurse, she said she had gone to Congo.
"He travels a lot on the mission."
"We are still expecting our loved ones from Addis ... we have just heard that an aircraft has crashed. We can only hope that he is not in that flight."
hoping for the best
Among the waiting, Khalid Ali Abdulrahman received happy news about his son, who works in Dubai.
"I arrived here after 10:00 in the morning and as soon as I waited, a security person contacted me and asked me what flight you are waiting for. I responded quickly because I wanted him to Guidance for arrival, so I told him Ethiopia. " And then he said: "Sorry, he crashed. ''
Khalid told AFP, "After a while I was shocked, but my son contacted me and told me that he is still in the Addis and he has not been in that flight, he is waiting for the other plane."
"I am waiting for my colleague, I just hope for the best," said Hannah, a Chinese national.
Mansa Faki Mahamat, Head of the African Union Commission, said that he had learned about the accident "with shock and extreme sadness".
He said on Twitter, "Our prayers is with the passengers of the passengers, the authorities searched for the survivors. I also express my complete solidarity with the people and people of Ethiopia."
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed's office tweeted, "It wants to express its deepest condolences to the families of those who have lost their loved ones."
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