Korea mourns victims of Ethiopian plane crash
Wreckage lies at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 en route to Nairobi, Kenya, near Bishoftu, Ethiopia, 10 March 2019. All passengers onboard the scheduled flight ET 302 carrying 149 passengers and 8 crew members, have died, the airlines says. EPA
The South Korean government expressed its condolences to Ethiopians on Monday over the crash of a local passenger jet, which left all 157 people on board dead.
"The government expresses deep consolation and condolences to the government and people of Ethiopia," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
It also mourned the loss of foreign passengers.
"The government hopes that all bereaved families and Ethiopian people will overcome the shock and sorrow from the accident at an early date," the ministry added.
Flight ET302 plunged to the ground minutes after taking off from the nation's capital, Addis Ababa, bound for Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday. (Yonhap)
The wreckage of an Ethiopian Airlines' aircraft is seen at the crash site, some 50 km east of Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, on March 10, 2019. Xinhua
An excavator works at the crash site of an Ethiopian Airlines' aircraft, some 50 km east of Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, on March 10, 2019. Xinhua
Members of the search and rescue mission look for dead bodies of passengers at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 10, 2019. Reuters