max plane: Its statement said 149 passengers and eight crew members were thought to be on the plane that crashed six minutes after departing Addis Ababa on its way to Kenya's capital, Nairobi, according to The Japan Times. The crash occurred around Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, some 50 kilometers 31 miles south of Addis Ababa, at 8 44 a.m. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash of the Boeing 737-8 MAX plane, which was new and had been delivered to the airline in November, records show. ; The state-owned Ethiopian Airlines, widely considered the best-managed airline in Africa, calls itself Africa's largest carrier and has ambitions of becoming the gateway to the continent. The plane showed unstable vertical speed after takeoff, air traffic monitor Flightradar 24 said in a Twitter post. State broadcaster EBC reported all passengers were dead and that the passengers included 33 nationalities. Visibility appeared to be clear.
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