Ethiopian Airways Crash Victim’s Families Given 1kg Soil Each For Burial
17 March 2019
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A relative mourns at the site of the plane crash

Correspondent|Family members of 157 victims of ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed at Debre Zeit in Ethiopia on Sunday, March 10, have until September 2019 to identify body parts of their kins.

In the meantime, the airline offered one kilo of charred soil collected from the crash scene to some relatives so as to take home for burial awaiting DNA results.S

Ethiopian Airlines.
Relatives of plane crash victims at watching the accident site from afar.

A statement issued on Saturday, March 16, indicated death certificates would be issued in two weeks time and will sent to victim’s physical addresses.

At the same time, personal belongings of the deceased will be returned to the next of kins after proper verification approximately which is expected to conclude within two months.

On Friday, March 15, mourners flockedDebre Zeit to view the wreckage of the flight 302 with flowers and portraits.

However, no single one was allowed into the exact site as Ethiopian government had deployed contingent of police officers to cordon off the area only allowing them to watch from afar.

So far, airplane manufacturer Boeing has grounded operations of all its 737 Max aircraft.

The manufacturer directed that all airlines flying the 737 Max fleet to temporarily suspend the plane’s operations until directed otherwise.