8 Americans Among 157 Dead in Ethiopia Air Disaster: Officials

People walk past a part of the wreckage at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10, 2019. Reuters/Tiksa Negeri

Eight American citizens were among the 157 killed when Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 went down in unexplained circumstances shortly after takeoff.

Officials at Ethiopian Airlines gave an update on the nationalities of the passengers aboard the flight, which, besides the eight Americans, included nine Ethiopians, 18 Canadians, and 32 Kenyans.