TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Sunday voiced Iran’s condolences to Ethiopia after an Ethiopian airplane with 149 passengers and eight crew members on board crashed earlier in the day.

The Boeing 737 plane was on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi when it crashed on Sunday.

“The Office of the PM, on behalf of the Government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express its deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this morning,” the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said.

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