Ethiopian Airlines CEO lists over 30 nationalities killed in crash

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

ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday was carrying passengers from more than 30 countries, the airline's CEO told journalists.

He said they included 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians, eight Italians, eight Chinese citizens, eight Americans, seven British citizens, seven French citizens, six Egyptians, five Dutch citizens, four Indians, four people from Slovakia, three Austrians, three Swedes, three Russians, two Moroccans, two Spaniards, two Poles and two Israelis.

Belgium, Indonesia, Somalia, Norway, Serbia, Togo, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda and Yemen each had one citizen onboard.

Four of those onboard were listed as using United Nations passports and their nationalities were not immediately clear.

The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has also extended its condolences to the loved ones of the victims.

According to a report by Manny Vargas on GMA Super Radyo dzBB, the DFA has instructed the Philippine embassies in Nairobi and Cairo to coordinate with concerned authorities to determine if there were Filipinos on board the plane. — Reuters/with Dona Magsino/BM, GMA News