Olive tree with soil from Ethiopia crash site unites mourners


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 Mar 2019

Canadian relatives of the Ethiopian Flight ET 302 plane crash victims plant a memorial tree during a memorial ceremony at the Embassy of Canada in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Families and friends grieving the victims of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 gathered for a tearful ceremony in Addis Ababa on Tuesday to unveil a plaque and plant an olive tree with soil from the crash site.

Citizens of 35 countries were lost on March 10 when the flight, just six minutes into the blue skies near the capital, plunged to the ground, killing all 157 aboard.

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