--FILE--un passeggero jet Boeing 787 di Ethiopian Airlines è raffigurato a Addis Abeba Bole International Airport in Etiopia ad Addis Abeba, 9 ECCETTO PONTI
--FILE--A passenger jet Boeing 787 of Ethiopian Airlines is pictured at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9 September 2017. Eight Chinese nationals, including one from Hong Kong, were confirmed aboard the crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane, according to the Chinese foreign ministry. "We extend our profound condolences to the victims and deep sympathy to the bereaved families, " the ministry's spokesperson Lu Kang said late Sunday night in a statement. After learning the crash, the ministry ordered China's embassy in Ethiopia to launch the emergency response and immediately contact the Ethiopian government and Ethiopian Airlines for further information, Lu said. China hopes that the Ethiopian side will find out the cause of the air crash as soon as possible and keep China updated the investigation developments, he said.
