Tributes flow for Nepali and other victims among the Ethiopian Airlines flight

Social media has been inundated with tributes for the victims who perished after the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 310 was confirmed to have crashed killing all 157 victims including Nepali national Ekta Adhikari who was working for the UN World Food Programme in Addis Ababa.

Source: Facebook/Ekta Adhikari

• The 157 victims include 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, eight Americans and seven British nationals
• The Boeing 737 model has only been in commercial use since 2017 and was involved in a plane crash last year
• A probe will be conducted by Ethiopian and American investigators

A Nairobi-bound Boeing 737 crashed six minutes after an early-morning takeoff from Addis Ababa Sunday, killing all eight crew and 149 passengers on board, including tourists, business travellers, and at least one delegate to a UN meeting.