Ethiopian Airlines: the victims of a "world tragedy"

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Pbadengers from 35 countries were aboard the Ethiopian Airlines flight between Addis Ababa and Nairobi, which crashed on 10 March, killing 157 people.

Among the victims were 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians and eight Americans.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called the accident "a global tragedy". A large number of pbadengers were affiliated with the UN or were on their way to an environmental conference in Nairobi.

A former Kenyan football administrator, a "stellar" student and the family of a Slovak deputy have all died in the crash. A Kenyan man lost his wife, daughter and three grandchildren, while a Canadian family of six also died on flight ET302.

One of the youngest pbadengers was only nine months old. Here is what we know of some of the victims.

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Kenya

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Senior Capt Yared Mulugeta GatechewOf Kenyan and Ethiopian origin, was the main pilot of the flight. He had been working for Ethiopian Airlines since November 2007 with the company, claiming he had "a commendable performance" with more than 8,000 flight hours.

Hbadan Katende, a friend, said he was informed of the accident on social media and that his "hair was just standing" when he had learned that he had pbaded away. "I can not sleep, it's shocking – it's very hard to believe – it's really amazing," he told BBC Amharic.

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Among the victims was Cedric Asiavugwa, third year law student at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He reportedly went to Nairobi to attend the funeral of one of his relatives.

"With his pbading, the Georgetown family has lost a remarkable student, a great friend to many people, and a fervent advocate for social justice in East Africa and the world," said Dean William Treanor. of law in Georgetown.

Mr Asiavugwa was committed to social justice issues, especially for refugees and other marginalized groups, said the university. He has also conducted research on topics ranging from peace to food security in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Sudan.

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Hussein Swaleh, a former Kenyan football administrator, also died in the accident, said the African Football Confederation (CAF).

The president of the Kenyan Football Federation tweeted that it was a "sad day for football". Mr. Swaleh reportedly returned home after serving in a CAF Champions League game in Alexandria, Egypt.

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Former Kenyan journalist Anthony Ngare49, was deputy director of communications of Unesco, the UN cultural agency, and had just represented Kenya at a United Nations conference in Paris.

The Kenya National Commission for Unesco has described Mr. Ngare as "one of his bright stars". He was previously an editor at the local Standard Group press house and had also worked for a government agency.

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Retired senior officer George Kabugi He had 37 years of military experience and joined the Kenyan army in 1979. Dr. Mumo Nzau, a friend, described Mr. Kabugi as being highly motivated and a true Kenyan patriot.

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John Quindos Karanja lost his wife Ann Wangui Quindos Karanja, her daughter Carolina and his children, seven years Ryan Njoroge, five years Kelly Paul and nine months Ruby Paul. Ann Wangui had been living in Canada for a year, helping her daughter with the little ones and the new baby.

Canada

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Canadian born in Nigeria Pius Adesanmi was director of the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University. Her contributions were "immeasurable," said Pauline Rankin, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

"He worked tirelessly to build the Institute of African Studies, to share his boundless pbadion for African literature and to connect with and support students." He was a scholar and a teacher of high caliber that has profoundly affected Carleton. "

Benoit-Antoine Bacon, President and Vice-Chancellor of Global Affairs Canada, said: "Pius Adesanmi was a prominent figure of African and postcolonial scholarship and his sudden loss is a tragedy."

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Canadian-Somali Amina Ibrahim Odowa and his five-year-old daughter Sofia Abdulkadir, were also among the victims. They traveled to Kenya from their homes in Edmonton for her wedding.

"His fiancée has not even had water since the news came in. He has not eaten anything, he is in a bad situation, and our older sister is in shock too." We are not well, we hope at least see his body "his brother told the BBC.

She leaves behind two other girls, whose grandmother would have taken care.

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environmentalist Peter DeMarsh was about to go to a conference in Nairobi, said his sister Helen on Facebook. "Pray for him as we remember his brilliance, his dedication to humanity and the well-being of the planet."

Mr. DeMarsh had returned home to New Brunswick to get closer to his elderly mother, said her sister. He leaves behind a woman and a son.

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Derick Lwugi, 54, was an accountant and pastor in Calgary, reports CBC News. He has been described as a "pillar" of the local Kenyan community. He leaves his wife, an advisor for domestic violence, and three children aged 17, 19 and 20.

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A family of six was among the Canadian victims – Kosha Vaidya, 37, and her husband Prerit Dixit, 45, were taking their 14 year old daughter Ashka and his 13 year old daughter Anushka in Nairobi, where Kosha was born.

Relatives told the Canadian media that the family of Indian origin planned the trip only 10 days earlier. Kosha's parents, Pannagesh Vaidya, 73 and Hansini Vaidya, 67 years old, decided to join them because it was 35 years since the couple was in Kenya.

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Danielle Moore, 24, was attending a United Nations conference on the environment in Nairobi.

On March 9, she posted a message on Facebook: "I am so happy to be able to say that I have been selected and that I am currently on my way to the United Nations Environment Assembly. in Nairobi, Kenya, with the " United Nations Association in Canada. "CanadaServiceCorps / # LeadersToday!

"Over the next week, I will have the opportunity to discuss global environmental issues, share stories and connect with other young people and leaders around the world.I feel more than privileged to be able to take advantage of this opportunity and the people at home. "

Ms. Moore studied marine biology at Dalhousie University and then at the Bermuda Institute of Marine Sciences in 2015. She was working both as a member of the Defense Group of the United States. Ocean Ocean Pure Ocean and as an Education Facilitator in Canada Learning Code.

Dawn Tanner47, a special education teacher from Hamilton, was also on board.

The Grand Erie District School Board issued a statement confirming his death and honoring his work. Her son, Cody French, described her as an "extraordinary woman".

Angela Rehhorn, 24, was one of many environmentalists aboard the flight. She was an Ontario conservation volunteer, part of the Service Corps program of the United Nations Association for Canada.

Stephanie Lacroix had graduated from the University of Ottawa in 2015 after studying international development and had recently joined the United Nations Association in Canada.

Another Canadian branch of the United Nations Environment Assembly was Darcy Bélanger – who created the non-profit environmental group Parvati.org.

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"Darcy was truly a champion and a force of nature, a person whose death leaves an unimaginable breach in this work as well as in the lives of his family, his friends and his colleagues," the group said in a statement. .

Victim Micah John Messent, from British Columbia, shared her enthusiasm online after being selected to attend the UN environment conference before the crash.

Ethiopia

Nine Ethiopians were killed in the accident.

Ahmednur Mohammed Omar, 25, was the co-pilot. He was one of eight crew members who lost their lives in the accident. Ethiopian Airlines said the first officer flew 200 hours at the time of the disaster.

Sara Gebre Michael was the main hostess on board the flight. The famous Ethiopian artist Tesfaye Mamo, who was her neighbor, told the BBC that she was a caring mother and that we would miss her very much. She is survived by her husband and three children.

Ayantu Girma was also part of the hospitality team. His father Girma Lelissa told the Ethiopian news website The reporter said the 24-year-old was a flight attendant for only two years. He added that he would have trouble believing the news he was not training and would not bury him.

Four Catholic employees of Ethiopia 's emergency services also died in the accident. Sara Chalachew, Getnet Alemayehu, Sintayehu Aymeku and Mulusew Alemu had been on the way to Nairobi for training.

Tamirat Mulu Demessie was an employee of a relief agency for Save the Children.

Nigeria

Nigerian diplomat ambbadador retired Abiodun Bashua was also among the victims, tweeted the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

United Kingdom

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Joanna Toole, 36, was one of seven Britons killed in the crash. She came from Exmouth but lived in Rome, said her father Adrian Toole. He has honored him for 15 years in international organizations for the protection of animals.

"I'm very proud of what she's accomplished, it's just tragic that she can not continue to advance her career and do better," he told the BBC. "She was well known in her own industry and many tributes have already been paid to her."

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Joseph Waithaka, 55, was a dual British and Kenyan national. His son, Ben Kuria, said that he was still shocked after learning that his father, who had settled in the United Kingdom in 2004, was on board the flight. Mr. Kuria described him as a "generous" man who "loved justice".

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Mr. Waithaka, a father of three, lived in Hull and worked for the Humberside Probation Trust before returning to live in Kenya in 2015.

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Sarah Auffret was a graduate of the University of Plymouth and an expert in polar tourism. She was traveling to Nairobi to talk about the Clean Seas project as part of the United Nations Environment Assembly, according to her Norwegian-based employers, the Association of Cruise Operators of the United Nations. Arctic Expedition (AECO), based in Norway.

"Words can not describe the sorrow and despair we feel, we have lost a true friend and beloved colleague."

Ms. Auffret was also a French national, the Norwegian media reported.

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Oliver Vick, 45, was going to a post at the United Nations in Somalia. "Olly was well loved and had an energy and a taste for life that lifted and inspired everything that met him," said his family.

Sam Pegram, 25, Lancashire was another British casualty of the accident. His family told a local newspaper that they were "totally devastated" by his death.

Germany

In total, five Germans were killed in the accident.

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Anne-Katrin Feigl was a German national who worked for the United Nations Migration Organization (IOM). Ms. Feigl was on her way to a training course in Nairobi.

Catherine Northing, IOM's chief of mission in Sudan, where Ms. Feigl worked, described her as "a highly valued colleague, popular, committed and professional employee," saying that "her tragic death left a big void and that she will miss us all a lot ". .

Norman Tendis, pastor of the Evangelical Church of Austria, was about to launch a roadmap that he had developed for the church's commitment to ecological and economic justice. . The World Council of Churches said it "played a decisive role in helping local churches invest their resources to create a better planet."

Max Thabiso Edkins, a German-South African, has worked as a communications officer for Connect4Climate, a climate change advocacy platform of the World Bank.

Sweden

The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the death of four Swedes in the accident.

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The host company Tamarind Group announced "with immense shock and sorrow" that its managing director Jonathan Seex was among those killed.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his friends, the Tamarind community and all those who have suffered unfathomable losses," said the company, one of the leading food and beverage companies. 39, hotels in Africa.

Josefin Ekermann, 30, was from Stockholm and worked in the field of civil rights. She was on a business trip to the area when she died in the accident.

Alexandra Wachtmeister50, had worked at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) for 16 years prior to his death.

"We remember Alexandra with joy, listening, present and someone who was taking time with others." With an ability to build friendships and networks wherever she worked. ", they said on their website.

Another 55-year-old Swede was also killed, according to local media reports.

India

There were four Indian nationals on the Ethiopian Airlines flight.

UNDP Consultant Shikha Garg, who lived in the capital Delhi, was attending the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi.

Her husband, Soumya Bhattacharya – with whom she married in December – was supposed to travel with her, but had to leave because of a last-minute meeting, reports the Times of India.

Garg's father, Satish Garg, who spoke to her a few moments before the flight departed, described her daughter as a "brilliant student", while friends spoke about her personality. vibrant.

Nukavarapu Manishafrom Andhra Pradesh was also on the run. She was scheduled to visit her pregnant sister in Nairobi. She worked as a doctor in the United States for East Tennessee State University, which paid tribute to her "as a good resident, charming and dedicated physician".

The other two Indians who died were named as Vaidya Pannagesh Bhaskar and Vaidya Hansin Annagesh.

Slovakia

The legislator Anton Hrnko announced with "deep sorrow" that his wife Blankason Martin and girl Michala were among the four Slovaks died in the accident.

Italy

Eight Italians were killed in the accident. Employees of the World Food Program Maria Pilar Buzzetti and Virginia Chimenti, as good as Paolo Dieci, founder of the non-governmental organization, were part of it.

Sebastiano Tusa, an archaeologist and advisor for social affairs in Sicily has also died. He was on his way to a UNESCO conference, Italian media reported.

Three members of a non-profit group – Carlo Spini, his wife Gabriella Viciani, and Matteo Ravasio – were also victims.

Russia

Aleksandr Polyakov and his wife Ekaterina worked for the Russian bank Sberbank, reports a local media. They were in Africa on vacation, said Sberbank, quoted by Ria Novosti.

A third Russian victim has been identified as Sergei Vyalikov.

Norway

Karoline Aadland, 28, was the financial coordinator of the Norwegian Red Cross program. "Our thoughts are with our close relatives and our goal is to provide them with badistance during this difficult time," the Norwegian Red Cross has tweeted.

Ireland

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Michael Ryan worked for the United Nations World Food Program. His projects included creating safe terrain for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and badessing the damage to rural roads in Nepal, which was blocked by landslides.

The Irish Prime Minister said: "Michael was working for the change of life in Africa with the World Food Program".

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Native to New Jersey Matt Vecere was one of eight American victims. On Twitter, his employer has described him as a great writer and a pbadionate surfer, eager to help others.

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Siraje Hussein Abdi He was a 32-year-old Somali American who had been living in the United States since 2002 and visiting relatives in Africa. He had spent three months in Morocco where his wife was living and had decided to go to Nairobi to see his siblings, his sister Ardo told Voice of America Somali.

She described Mr. Abdi as open, sociable and friendly. "People loved him, that Allah gave him his mercy."

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Dr. Manisha Nukavarapu was a second year medical resident at Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University. She was visiting her family in Kenya and her death was confirmed by Dean Bill Block of the Medical School.

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Captain of the US Army Antoine Lewis – seen here in two photos tweeted by a reporter from CBS Chicago – was also on the flight. He was in Africa doing Christian missionary work and apparently leaving his wife and 15-year-old son.

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Brothers Melvin and Bennett Riffel were also among the eight American victims. A family friend told NBC News that the brothers were "just wonderful and will be missed so much."

They would come back from a trip to Australia. Melvin's wife was expecting her first child, according to local media.

China

Eight Chinese nationals died in the accident. The country's foreign ministry said four of the victims were working for Chinese companies, two were working for the United Nations and two were traveling privately.

Egypt

Six Egyptian nationals were on board the flight.

They included some of the country's leading scientists. Dr. Ashraf El-Turki, head of the Department of Pesticide Research at the Egyptian Center for Agricultural Research, was killed.

Research badistant Abdul Hamid Farraj and engineer From & to Atif Abdul Salam were also on the unfortunate flight.

Two translators, Susan Abu Faraj and Esmat Aransa, was about to join an official mission of the African Union in Nairobi.

The sixth victim was named as Nbadar Al-Azb, programmer on the way to a conference.

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Nine of the victims were French nationals. Among them was Sarah Auffret, who was also a British citizen.

Franco-Tunisian Karim Saafi38, was on a mission as co-chair of the African Diaspora Youth Forum in Europe.

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Xavier Fricaudet was a teacher based in Nairobi, Kenya. Before that, he had taught in other countries, including Guyana and Russia.

Suzanne Barranger, 63, and her husband Jean Michel, 66, also died in the accident.

Two others, Camille Geoffroy and Clémence Boutant, both worked for humanitarian groups.

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The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that three doctors traveling to Zanzibar had flown.

Spain

Two people from Spain died in the accident. Jordi Dalmau Sayol, 46, was a chemical engineer working for a water supply infrastructure company.

Pilar Martínez Docampo, 32, was a humanitarian worker for an NGO in Ethiopia.

Israel

Two men from Israel were on the run – Shimon Ram, 59 and Avraham Matzliah, 49, have been identified in the Israeli media.

Rescuers from the country were sent to help local teams identify and recover.

Morocco

Dr. Ben Ahmed Chihab was one of two Moroccan nationals to die in the disaster. The other was El Hbadan Sayouty, professor at Hbadan II University of Casablanca.

Poland

Two Polish nationals were on the plane. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki confirmed this news and said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would support their families.

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Dr. Kodjo Glato was a professor at the University of Lome. In a statement, the institution expressed its condolences to Dr. Glato's family.

Ryan Brown, head of the Johannesburg office for the international CS Monitor news channel, said on Twitter that Dr Glato had "a pbadion for sweet potatoes and how they could be used to improve food security in Africa." ;Where is".

He also owned a non-governmental organization called Farmers Without Borders, Brown told the BBC.

Belgium

Ghislaine De Claremont was the only national of his country killed in the plane. The mother of two and the grandmother of four children had made this trip as a gift from her former colleagues at ING Bank, where she had just retired.

Djibouti, Indonesia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Serbia, Uganda, Yemen and Nepal each have a casualty in the disaster.