ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, echoed with the wailing of the bereaved on Sunday morning. Mourners dressed in black had streamed into the vast churchyard, waving pictures of loved ones who died in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 a week earlier. The victims died in a fiery explosion when the plane hurtled to the ground minutes after takeoff, killing all 157 people — crew and passengers — aboard. [Data from Flight 302 show similarities with that of crashed Indonesian plane, an Ethiopian official said.] On Sunday, empty coffins made their way into the churchyard on black vans while women beat their chests and screamed in anguish.

Source: New York Times March 17, 2019 14:26 UTC