Ethiopian Airlines crash: Michael Ryan from Lahinch was on aircraft which crashed, killing all 157 on board
, crashed shortly after take-off. There were no survivors among the 149 passengers and eight crew on Flight 302.
The Ethiopian Airlines flight was carrying people of more than 30 nationalities, including 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians, eight Italians, eight Chinese, eight Americans, seven Britons, seven French citizens, six Egyptians, five Germans, four Indians and four Slovakian nationals. This is the second disaster involving Being’s new 737 Max jet – the new model of the popular jet range recently launched by the US aviation giant – in less than six months. A Lion Air flight crashed into the sea near Indonesia last October, killing all 189 people on board.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said: “Our thoughts tonight are with the families of all those lost in the Ethiopian Airlines crash, including Irish engineer Michael Ryan.” , eight from China, eight from both Italy and America; seven from both France and the UK, six from Egypt, five from the Netherlands, four had UN passports, four from both India and Slovakia, three from Russia, three each from Austria and Sweden; two from Morocco, Spain, Poland, Israel and one each from Belgium, Indonesia, Uganda, Yemen, Sudan, Togo, Serbia, Mozambique, Norway, Rwanda, Ireland, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and South Africa on board.
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