埃塞俄比亚客机坠毁 机上35国公民全数罹难

埃塞俄比亚航空一架客机在前往肯尼亚途中坠毁。

A Kenyan woman (R) is comforted by a Red Cross worker (L), after getting information about her loved ones that were on board the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.

A Kenyan woman (R) is comforted by a Red Cross worker (L), after getting information about her loved ones that were on board the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. Source: AAP

埃塞俄比亚航空一架载有 149 名乘客及八名机组人员的客机,在前往肯尼亚途中坠毁,航空公司确认机上 157 人全部罹难。

该架航班编号ET 302 的客机原定前往肯尼亚首都内罗毕(Nairobi),于当地时间星期日(3 月10 日)早上在埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴起飞,但起飞后六分钟便在埃塞俄比亚首都以南约50 公里坠毁。
A Kenyan woman (R) is comforted by a Red Cross worker (L), after getting information about her loved ones that were on board the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
A Kenyan woman (R) is comforted by a Red Cross worker (L), after getting information about her loved ones that were on board the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. Source: AAP
航空公司宣布,该架波音737-8 MAX 客机当时承载八名机组人员及149 名乘客,当中包括旅客、商业出行者及至少一名正准备主席联合国会议的代表。

遇难者来自最少35 个国家,包括八名中国籍人士;报道,目前确认有一名来自香港的联合国环境署职员。

此外,亦有来自英国、美国、法国、加拿大、意大利及印度的乘客。根据航空公司最新公布的国籍资料,事件中没有澳洲人遇难。
联合国一个环境保护计划正准备在星期一(11 日)于内罗毕召开会议,会议将有合共4,700 名国家领袖、政府部长、商界领袖、联合国高层官员及社区组织代表出席。

肯尼亚运输和基础设施内阁部长马查里亚(James Macharia)表示,政府正对受今次事故影响的人士提供援助。

马查里亚说:「政府通过肯尼亚机场启动了应急响应,基本上照顾了可能受影响的亲友,以及原定在内罗毕机场准备迎接该班航班机上乘客的人士。」

航空公司行政总裁对空难深感遗憾,又指机师曾发出求救讯号,并获批准折返。航班追踪网站 FlightRadar24 指出,客机起飞后升降速度不稳定,之后坠毁。

一幅刊登在航空公司社交媒体的相片显示,行政总裁 Tewolde GebreMariam 在肇事现场手执客机残骸。
Rescuers remove body bags from the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff at Hejere near Bishoftu.
Rescuers remove body bags from the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff at Hejere near Bishoftu. Source: APP
民用航空数据库Planespotters 资料显示,出事的波音737- 8 MAX 客机去年11 月中旬才交付给航空公司,只有约四个月机龄。

波音公司对今次空难深感难过,向死难者家属致以慰问,公司的技术团队准备提供协助。

Relatives talk to airport staffat a help desk set up for the crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302.
Relatives talk to airport staffat a help desk set up for the crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302. Source: AAP

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Published 11 March 2019 7:47am
Updated 12 August 2022 3:33pm
By Elsa Tsang, Winmas Yu
Source: AFP, SBS, Reuters


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