Ethiopians hold mass funeral for plane crash victims
By DW
18 March 2019 |
12:27 pm
A memorial service has been held in Addis Ababa for the 157 people killed in last week's Ethiopian Airlines crash. Investigators hope the plane's black box recorders will reveal what caused the disaster.
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