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Mar 2019
25m 4s

What the Ethiopian Airlines tragedy mean...

The National
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157 passengers and crew lost their lives when an Ethiopian Airlines flight operating a Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed near Addis Ababba, en route to Nairobi, last Sunday. It is a terrible tragedy for their families, Ethiopia, Africa, the world and the aviation industry. Mustafa Alrawi, The National’s Assistant Editor in Chief, and aviation correspondent Deena Kam ... Show More
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