Victims are from 35 countries with Kenya having the largest number of deaths, 32. Among them are dozens of UN staff who were en-route to the national meeting of the UN Environment Program slated for Monday. Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet Boeing 737 bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off on Sunday. Sunday’s flight left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8:38 a.m., before losing contact with the control tower just a few minutes later at 8:44 a.m. State-owned Ethiopian Airlines has been one of the biggest airlines in Africa.