埃塞俄比亚航空公司航班坠毁造成157人罹难_时事

埃塞俄比亚航空公司航班坠毁造成157人罹难

An Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday morning, killing all 157 people onboard.

埃塞俄比亚航空公司一架航班周日上午从首都亚的斯亚贝巴起飞后不久坠毁，机上157人全部罹难。

The state-run Ethiopia Broadcasting Corporation said the flight that went down near the city of Bishoftu carried passengers from at least 33 countries.

国营埃塞俄比亚广播公司说，这架航班是在德布雷塞特市附近坠毁，机上搭载了来自至少33个国家的旅客。

Thirty-two Kenyans, eighteen Canadians, nine Ethiopians, and eight Americans were among those killed. A number of United Nations staff were also among the victims.

他们包括32名肯尼亚人，18名加拿大人，9名埃塞俄比亚人、8名美国人。一些联合国工作人员也在遇难者当中。

"The Secretary-General was deeply saddened at the tragic loss of lives in the airplane crash today near Addis Ababa," United Nations Secretary General spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.

联合国秘书长发言人杜加里克在一份声明中说，“联合国秘书长对今天亚的斯亚贝巴附近飞机失事造成的惨痛生命损失深感悲痛”。

"He conveys his heartfelt sympathies and solidarity to the victims' families and loved ones, including those of United Nations staff members, as well as sincere condolences to the Government and people of Ethiopia," the statement read, adding that the U.N. is in contact with Ethiopian authorities to "establish the details" of its employees who perished in the crash.