DFA checking if Filipinos among dead in Ethiopia plane crash

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has directed its embassies in Cairo and Nairobi to check if there are Filipinos among those on board an Ethiopian Airline flight en route to Kenya that crashed after takeoff.

In a statement on Sunday, the DFA said that the Philippine Embassy in Cairo and in Nairobi were instructed to “coordinate with concerned authorities in Addis Ababa and Nairobi to determine if there are Filipinos among the 33 foreign nationalities on board the ill-fated aircraft.”

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The DFA, meanwhile, expressed its condolences to the families and friends of the 149 passengers and eight crew members that died in the crash.

“The loved ones of those who perished in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 are in our thoughts and prayers,” it said. /atm