Ethiopian Airlines Flight Crashes, Killing 157

A man carries a piece of debris on his head at the crash site of a Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10, 2019. - A Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all eight crew and 149 passengers on board, including tourists, business travellers, and "at least a dozen" UN staff. (Photo by Michael TEWELDE / AFP) Photo credit should read MICHAEL TEWELDE/AFP/Getty Images

NAIROBI—An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off on March 10, killing all 157 people on board and raising questions about the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, a new model that also crashed in Indonesia in October.

The March 10 flight left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8:38 a.m. (12:38 a.m. EDT), before losing contact with the control tower just a few minutes later at 8:44 a.m.