Names of Ethiopian plane crash victims released so far

Following the tragic incident on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 that claimed all 157 on board yesterday, the airline is already contacting various embassies and families of the victims to inform them.

Earlier, Ethiopian Airlines released a statement that the passengers and crew were from 35 countries. So far, the underlisted have been confirmed as passengers on board the ET302. As this is a developing story, this page will be updated as soon as we have more information from embassy pages and media outlets.

Below are some of the confirmed victims…….

– Prof. Abiodun Bashua (Nigerian, Renowned Diplomat)
– Prof. Pius Adesanmi(Nigerian-Canadian, Professor at Charleton University, Canada)

-Yared Getachew (Senior Captain, Ethiopian Airlines)
-Ahmed Nur Mohammod (First Officer, Ethiopian Airlines)

– Ekaterina Polyakova(Russian)
– Aleksandr Polyakov(Russian)
– Sergey Vyalikov(Russian)
– Amina Ibrahim Odowaa(Somalian-Canadian)
– Safiya Faisal Egal (Somalian-Canadian)
– Blanka Hrnko(Slovakian)
– Martin Hrnko(Slovakian)
– Michala Hrnko(Slovakian)
– Jonathan Seex (CEO, Tamarind Group)
– Karim Saafi ( Co-Chairperson of African Diaspora Youth Forum in Europe)
– Paolo Dieci (Italian, President of the Ong Link)
– Prof. Sebastiano Tusa (Italian, Assessor for Cultural Heritage of the Sicily Region)
– Pilar Buzzetti(Italian, UN World Food Program)
– Virginia Chimenti(Italian, UN World Food Program)
– Dr. Carlo Spini(Italian)
– Gabriella Vigiani(Italian)
– Matteo Ravasio(Italian)

-Joanna Toole(British, FAO Consultant)

-Joseph Waithaka(British-Kenya)

-Michael Ryan(Irish, World Food Program)

– Anne-Katrin Feigl(UN)

-Tamirat Mulu Demessie (Technical Adviser, Save the Children)