Sunday 17 March 2019

PHOTOS from the mass funeral of #EthiopianAirlines victims

Thousands of mourners turned out for a mass funeral for victims of the Ethiopian plane crash - with family members given sacks of earth to bury in place of the remains of their loved ones.
Coffins of victims of the crashed plane are gathered during the mass funeral. The bright orange coffins are draped in the Ethiopian flag
As many as 17 empty coffins were draped in the national flag as they were marched through the streets of Addis Ababa today and some of the victims' relatives fainted as they walked past. The service came a day after officials began delivering bags of earth to family members of the 157 victims of the crash instead of the remains of their loved ones because the identification process is expected to take a long time.
Family members confirmed they were given a 1kg sack of scorched earth taken from the crash site. Many relatives have gathered at the rural, dusty crash site near Ethiopia's capital. The victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 came from 35 countries and included a number of humanitarian workers headed to Nairobi.
Mourners of victims of the crashed accident of Ethiopian Airlines react beside coffins during the mass funeral at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa
Victims of the crash came from 35 countries and included many humanitarian workers headed to Nairobi.  An unnamed woman cries at the funeral today.
The crash of Flight ET 302 minutes into its flight to Nairobi on March 10 killed 157 people on-board and caused the worldwide grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft model involved in the disaster
The victims of the crash placed photographs of their loved ones on the empty coffins. They are pictured touching them at the service today
An elderly man cries and holds up the picture of who is believed to be a female relative at the mass burial. Other mourners wp around the coffin
The service came a day after officials began delivering bags of earth to family members of the 157 victims of the crash instead of the remains of their loved ones because the identification process is expected to take such a long time
Workers carry bricks and a coffin of a passenger of the plane crash at the wall vault cemetery of Balewold Church, part of the Holy Trinity Cathedral Church
A crew member for Ethiopian Airlines mourns the passing of her colleagues and appears to hold a picture above her head during the funeral
Two of the victims' family members said they were given 1kg bags of soil to go in the coffins while the remains are being identified
An Ethiopian Airlines crew member uses a sash around her shoulders to wipe away tears beneath her sunglasses
French investigators said they had successfully downloaded the cockpit recorder data and had transferred it to the Ethiopian investigation team without listening to the audio files last night
Ethiopian Airlines crew members mourn with white flowers as pallbearers carry the coffins of their colleagues who died in the crash
Service workers carry a coffin of a passenger of the crash inside the wall vault cemetery at the Holy Trinity Cathedral Church in Addis Ababa. The Cathedral is the highest ranking Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo cathedral in the city
Workers carry a coffin of a passenger of the crash into the wall vault cemetery at Balewold Church. Multiple people help lift the coffin
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3 comments:

  1. Bose20:35

    Am crying here

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  2. Lawunmi Shodeinde20:36

    This is too much to take!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. Ebele Peters13:27

    I weep! !! May the souls of the departed rest in perfect peace amen....

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