China hopes causes of the Sunday crash of the Ethiopian Airlines flight will be determined soon, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Monday
BEIJING (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th March, 2019) China hopes causes of the Sunday crash of the Ethiopian Airlines flight will be determined soon, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Monday.
"We hope that the Ethiopian side will investigate the causes of the incident as soon as possible, and provide the Chinese side with information on the progress of the investigation in a timely manner," Kang said in a statement.
He also expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims, confirming that eight Chinese citizens were on board the aircraft.
Kang stressed that the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the country's embassy in Ethiopia would continue to closely monitor the situation, and would do their best to assist the families of the deceased Chinese nationals.
The contact with the plane, which was heading to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, was lost just six minutes after Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 took off from Addis Ababa at 05:38 GMT on Sunday. The site of the crash is located near the town of Bishoftu, some 30 miles to the southeast of the Ethiopian capital. An estimated 149 passengers from 35 countries and eight crew members were on board the plane. According to the carrier, no one has survived the crash.
