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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 --- crashed with no survivors on 10 March 2019

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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. The aircraft, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, crashed with no survivors on 10 March 2019.^[1]

The accident marks the second time in less than a year that a Boeing 737 MAX 8 has been involved in an airline disaster, following the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, Indonesia, in October 2018.^[2]

The crash is the worst aircraft accident in Ethiopian Airlines history, surpassing the hijacking and subsequent crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 off Comoros in 1996.

Accident

Flight 302 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. The plane, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, was carrying 149 passengers and 8 crew.^[3] After the pilot reported that there was a problem and he wished to return to Addis Ababa,^[4] the aircraft disappeared from radar and crashed at 08:44 local time (05:44 UTC), six minutes after taking off from runway 07R at Addis Ababa for Nairobi at 8:38 local time.^[4]^[5]^[6] The plane crashed near the town of Bishoftu, 62 kilometres (39 mi) south east of Bole International Airport.^[7] Photographs of the crash site show a large crater with only small pieces of wreckage.^[8] There were no survivors.^[3] Amongst the 157 occupants there were 36 nationalities on board.^[5]

Flight International commented that the accident would likely increase unease felt in the aftermath of the Lion Air Flight 610 accident in October 2018.^[9] The accident was the first fatal accident occurring on an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft since Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashed in January 2010.^[10] It is the worst aircraft accident in Ethiopian Airlines history, superseding the fatal hijacking of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 near Comoros in 1996.^[5]

Aircraft

The accident aircraft was a Boeing 737 MAX 8 registered ET-AVJ. c/n 62450, msn 7243.^[4] The air-frame was four months old at the time of the accident. The aircraft was manufactured in October 2018 and was delivered on 15 November 2018.^[11]^[12]

The Boeing 737 MAX 8 entered service in 2017 and had already been involved in one fatal crash before — the other was Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia in October 2018.^[3]^[5]^[13] As of January 2019, Boeing has produced 350 aircraft of this design.^[14] The 737 MAX 8 first flew on 29 January 2016, making it one of the newest aircraft in Boeing's range, and the newest generation of the Boeing 737.^[15]

Passengers

All the 157 people from 33 countries on board were killed in the crash. Among the victims were Italian Archaeologist and Councilor for Cultural Heritage of Sicily, Sebastiano Tusa [it], Abdishakur Shahad, Chief of Protocol to the Prime Minister of Somalia, and Christine Alalo, acting AMISOM police commissioner.^[16]^[17] The passengers’ nationalities included the following:^[5]^[10]^[18]

Reactions

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed offered his deepest condolences to the families of the victims.^[3] Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam visited the crash site, expressing regret that there were no survivors.^[8] Boeing issued a statement of condolence.^[19]

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority is responsible for investigating civil aviation accidents in Ethiopia. Boeing stated that it is prepared to work with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and assist Ethiopian Airlines.^[19]

Accident
ET-AVJ, the aircraft involved, in February 2019.
Date	10 March 2019
Summary	Crashed shortly after take-off; under investigation
Site	Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 737 MAX 8
Operator	Ethiopian Airlines
IATA flight No.	ET302
ICAO flight No.	ETH302
Call sign	ETHIOPIAN 302
Registration	ET-AVJ
Flight origin	Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Destination	Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
Occupants	157
Passengers	149
Crew	8
Fatalities	157 (all)
Survivors	0

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Former Member

18 Canadians have reportedly perished in the crash.

3/10/1912:55 PM

PrashadSenior Member

It looks like a new aircraft also with new gadgets that pilots are not familiar with.

3/10/191:20 PM

Former Member

Rass Prash, since when you became an aviation expert ? You should have left that call to Keff.

3/10/191:32 PM

Bibi HaniffaGNI Queen

Ethiopia elected its first Female president a few months ago.

3/10/193:27 PM

BasemanSenior Member

Bibi Haniffa posted:
Ethiopia elected its first Female president a few months ago.

Did she cut back on aircraft maintenance?

3/10/193:38 PM

Bibi HaniffaGNI Queen

Baseman posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
Ethiopia elected its first Female president a few months ago.
Did she cut back on aircraft maintenance?

No she cut back on charity dollars and I hear the new government in Guyana will do the same.

3/10/194:57 PM

Former Member

Carleton professor, Edmonton mother and daughter among Canadians killed in Ethiopia plane crash

18 Canadians among 157 killed after Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed shortly after takeoff

CBC News · Posted: Mar 10, 2019 4:06 PM ET | Last Updated: 29 minutes ago, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada...lane-crash-1.5050784

Carleton University professor Pius Adesanmi died after an Ethiopian Airlines jet bound for Nairobi crashed on Sunday. (Facebook )

A Carleton University professor and a mother-daughter pair from Edmonton are among the 18 Canadians who were killed in Sunday's plane crash in Ethiopia.

A jetliner carrying 157 people crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ethiopian capital, killing everyone aboard, authorities said. The dead included people from at least 35 nationalities.

Pius Adesanmi, director of Carleton University's Institute of African Studies and a professor at the Ottawa school, was on the plane when it crashed shortly after takeoff near the town of Bishoftu, 62 kilometres southeast of the capital Addis Ababa.

Ethiopian Airlines crash kills all 157 on board, including 18 Canadians

Winnipeg's Ethiopian community prays for victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash

Carleton University said Global Affairs Canada confirmed the Nigeria-born academic was among the victims travelling on the Boeing 737 MAX 8.

Edmonton woman Amina Ibrahim Odowa, 33, and her five-year-old daughter Sofia Abdulkadir were also killed in the crash, a family member confirmed to CBC News.

Odowa leaves behind two daughters, ages seven and three.

Edmonton woman Amina Ibrahim Odowa, 33, and her daughter Sofia Abdulkadir, 5, were also killed in the crash, a family member confirmed to CBC News. (Submitted by Mohamed Ali)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent condolences via Twitter to the families of those lost in the crash. The government also provided a phone number for Canadians in Ethiopia to call for consular assistance.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Twitter: "Terrible news from #Addis Ababa, #Ethiopia, this morning."

My heartfelt condolences to all those who have lost loved ones. The Canadian government is in close contact with Ethiopian authorities to gather additional information as quickly as possible."

3/10/196:22 PM

BasemanSenior Member

Bibi Haniffa posted:
Baseman posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
Ethiopia elected its first Female president a few months ago.
Did she cut back on aircraft maintenance?
No she cut back on charity dollars and I hear the new government in Guyana will do the same.

Oh. Was a charity flight. Got it!!

3/10/196:41 PM

Former Member

Demerara_Guy posted:
Carleton professor, Edmonton mother and daughter among Canadians killed in Ethiopia plane crash
18 Canadians among 157 killed after Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed shortly after takeoff

I'm waiting to see the names of the Americans.

3/11/199:28 AM

NehruBig Mouth Member

Very sad, The 737 should be pulled from services!!

3/11/1910:58 AM

Former Member

Leonora posted:
Demerara_Guy posted:
Carleton professor, Edmonton mother and daughter among Canadians killed in Ethiopia plane crash
18 Canadians among 157 killed after Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed shortly after takeoff

I'm waiting to see the names of the Americans.

Specific to names of Americans ...

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The victims were from at least 35 nations and included eight unidentified Americans.

“The US Department of State extends our condolences to all who are impacted by the tragic crash this morning of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302. We can confirm the victims include US citizens,” the agency said in a statement.

“Out of respect for the privacy of the families, we won’t have any additional comments about the victims.”

Nineteen victims were employees of the UN or affiliated organizations, and many were traveling to Nairobi for the UN Environment Assembly that begins Monday there.

Relatives of those feared aboard the flight gathered at the Kenyan airport, anxious and tearful.

8 Americans among 157 killed in Ethiopian plane crash

By Tamar Lapin and Max Jaeger, March 10, 2019 | 8:03am | Updated , https://nypost.com/2019/03/10/...crashes-in-ethiopia/

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3/11/193:11 PM

Former Member

UPDATE: BRAMPTON FAMILY LOSES SIX MEMBERS IN THE ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CRASH

CANADIAN PRESS

3:28 PM

Six members of an Ontario family, including two teenage sisters, were among the 18 Canadians killed in a plane crash in Ethiopia.

The Peel District School Board said the girls, 14-year-old Ashka and 13-year-old Anushka Dixit, were travelling on the doomed Ethiopian Airlines jetliner with their parents and grandparents when it crashed moments after takeoff from Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Sunday. All 157 people on board were killed.

``This tragedy has brought great sadness to the students and staff,'' reads a letter sent to attendees of Ashka's high school in Brampton, Ont. ``Even students who did not personally know Ashka may be affected by this loss.''

Their 37-year-old mother Kosha Vaidya, 45-year-old father Prerit Dixit, 71-year-old grandfather Pannagesh Vaidya and 63-year-old grandmother Hansini Vaidya also died in the crash, said Kosha's brother, Manant Vaidya.

``I miss them a lot,'' he said. ``I don't really believe this has happened. I'm still in the shock phase.''

Vaidya said his parents were from Gujarat, India, but they lived in Kenya for three or four years and Kosha was born there. The family later returned to India, and Kosha moved to Ontario in 2004 after marrying her husband, who already lived in Canada, he said.

Their family vacation to Kenya was supposed to be her first visit to her birthplace in decades, and the teenage girls were excited to go on a safari there, said Manant.

``They wanted to see what was it is like to see all the animals on the ground, without any cages. It was really going to be a great experience for them,'' he said.

The girls were both taking specialized science and technology courses and getting good grades, Manant said. The elder daughter, Ashka, had a beautiful singing voice while Anushka was talented in dance, learning a traditional Indian form called khattak, he said.

He said his brother-in-law worked as a medical lab assistant for LifeLabs and also held a job at Ontario's Ministry of Health. His sister used to work for the Canadian Hearing Society, he said.

Across the country, tributes also poured in for the other 12 Canadians killed in the crash. They included humanitarians, environmentalists and aid workers who had dedicated their lives to making the world a better place.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres led the tributes by recognizing the impact of the crash on the international aid community, noting 21 UN employees from around the world were among the victims.

``A global tragedy has hit close to home and the United Nations is united in grief,'' he said Monday. ``(The victims) all had one thing in common, a spirit to serve the people of the world and to make it a better place for us all.''

One of those humanitarian workers killed in the crash was Jessica Hyba, an external relations officer with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees who was based in Somalia at the time of her death.

Former coworkers sketched out a multi-decade career dedicated to the global good.

Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University, first met Hyba as their careers were getting underway at CARE Canada in 2001.

Matthews said Hyba, an Ottawa native, arrived after completing her studies abroad looking to get involved in humanitarian or development work.

``She was a very energetic person, a very positive person who tried to make a difference for people affected by war and persecution,'' Matthews said. ``It's a real sad story.''

CARE Canada said Hyba, who it described as a ``dedicated humanitarian and loving mother,'' worked both in Canada and Indonesia in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami crisis.

``This tragedy has struck the humanitarian community hard and our thoughts are with all of those who have lost friends and colleagues,'' the group said in a statement.

``We are reminded of the sacrifices humanitarian workers and their families have made through this work in an effort to save lives and help people overcome poverty.''

Similar praise was lavished on Danielle Moore, 24, of Winnipeg, who was en route to the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, at the time of the crash.

Moore, a marine biology student who had just been accepted into an education program, graduated from Dalhousie University in Halifax in 2017.

``Danielle was exceptional in every sense,'' Moore's thesis adviser Prof. Kim Davies said in an email. ``She excelled at her studies, she was a kind and friendly person, and she was deeply devoted to environmental and human rights causes.''

Davies said after graduating from Dalhousie, Moore returned to Manitoba where she worked for several non-governmental organizations, including the Canada Learning Code, a group dedicated to improving the accessibility of educational and technological resources for Canadians.

Also among the victims was Peter deMarsh of New Brunswick, who was chairman of the International Family Forestry Alliance, an international group based in Luxembourg that represents more than 25 million forest owners worldwide.

Felix Montecuccoli, a board member with the alliance, said deMarsh had been en route to a conference on financing for small farms.

David Coon, leader of New Brunswick's Green party, offered a tribute of his own to deMarsh on Twitter.

``Goodbye old friend,'' Coon wrote while offering condolences to deMarsh's wife and son. ``You gave so much of your self in service to the common good.''

Micah Messent was also identified as one of the victims by friends in Facebook posts and his death was reported by media outlets based on information from the B.C. government and members of his family.

In an Instagram post, Messent said he was travelling to the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi and expressed his gratitude at being selected ``to meet with other passionate youth and leaders from around the world and explore how we can tackle the biggest challenges that are facing our generation.''

The First Nations Leadership Council said Micah was a member of the Red River Metis Nation in Manitoba and was raised as the youngest of five siblings in the Comox Valley. He was a ``well-liked'' member of a 12-month Aboriginal Youth Internship Program who served his placement with BC Parks, it said in a statement.

The placement led to a full-time position in government with the BC Parks Indigenous relations team, which focuses on enhancing reconciliation within the agency and the broader natural resource sector, the statement said.

Micah, an avid sailor, was a graduate of the Indigenous studies program at the University of Victoria and had plans to return to school in the future to pursue a law degree, it added.

Monica Phung said both she and Messent took part in Ocean Bridge, a conservation program operated through Canadian Service Corps and Ocean Wise.

``Micah is one of the most energetic, enthusiastic, smartest, driven,'' she said in an interview. ``He is so accomplished.''

Jasveen Brar said she was a member of the 2018 Ocean Wise group with Messent and described him as ``a true leader.''

``With my time with Micah, I learned a lot, skills such as chopping wood and the unique botany of the B.C. forests but also about life and his visions and ambitions,'' she said.

Other Canadian victims of the crash included a mother and daughter from Edmonton, a renowned Carleton University professor, and an accountant with the City of Calgary.

Amina Ibrahim Odowaa of Edmonton, and her five-year-old daughter, Sofia Faisal Abdulkadir, were on the way to Kenya to visit with relatives when the plane crashed.

Carleton University confirmed Pius Adesanmi, a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University, was also among the victims. The school called him a ``global thinker,'' and a ``towering figure in African and post-colonial scholarship.''

Derick Lwugi, an accountant who worked for the City of Calgary, also died in the crash. He leaves behind his wife and three children, aged 17, 19 and 20.

3/11/195:10 PM

Former Member

These are the Canadian victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

Megan DeLaire, Yahoo Canada News, March 11, 2019, https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cana...photo-184240081.html

There were 18 Canadians among the people aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner en route to Nairobi when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10.

Officials confirmed that day all 157 passengers from more than 30 countries died in the crash.

The Canadians on board include a mother and daughter from Edmonton, a Carleton University professor from Ottawa and several people affiliated with the United Nations.

Here’s what we know so far about the Canadian victims of the crash.

Pius Adesanmi

Pius Adesanmi (Photo from the Canadian Press)

Pius Adesanmi

Pius Adesanmi, (Photo from the Canadian Press)

Carleton University graduate Halima Sogbesan described the Nigerian-born professor in a social media post as someone who made the campus feel like home to his students, and who told them they were “capable of great things.”

Adesanmi taught in the Ottawa university’s Department of English Language and Literature and the Institute of African Studies, and was a well-known writer in Nigeria, reports the Globe and Mail.

According to Benoit-Antoine Bacon, the school’s president and vice-chancellor, he was a “towering figure in African and post-colonial scholarship.”

On the day before the crash, Adesanmi shared a photo of himself with his passport on Facebook, along with the bible verse, “If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.”

Amina Ibrahim Odowa and her daughter Sofia Faisal Abdulkadir

Amina Ibrahim Odowa and Sofia Abdulkadir

,Amina Ibrahim Odowa and Sofia Abdulkadir (Composite image using photos from The Canadian Press)

Odawa, 33, and Sofia, 5, were both from Edmonton, where CBC reports Odawa’s two surviving daughters are in the care of their grandmother.

Odawa’s bother said the Somalian-born mother flew out of Toronto with her daughter on Saturday. They were on their way to visit family in Kenya, where Odawa grew up.

The Toronto Star reports Odawa immigrated to Canada in 2006.

Derick Lwugi

Derick Lwugi

Derick Lwugi, (Photo from the Canadian Press)

Derick Lwugi was an accountant for the City of Calgary who leaves behind a wife and three children, aged 17, 19 and 20. According to multiple reports, the family has lived in Calgary for 12 years.

Lwugi was on his way to western Kenya to visit his and his wife’s parents when he became a victim of the crash.

“His mom was not feeling well,” Lwugi’s wife, Gladys Kivia, told the Canadian Press in an interview from Calgary.

In an interview with the Globe and Mail, Kivia described him as someone who loved people, and could be relied on to help a friend in need.

“If people had any needs or problems, he was there to, you know, organize people around that family or whatever they needed,” she said.

In a tweet on March 10, Calgary’s Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he was “absolutely crushed” to learn of Lwugi’s death.

Danielle Moore

Danielle Moore

Danielle Moore, (Photo from the Canadian Press)

Danielle Moore had been invited to attend the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi and was on her way there on the Ethiopian Airways jet when it crashed.

“Over the next week I’ll have the opportunity to discuss global environmental issues, share stories, and connect with other youth and leaders from all over the world,” she wrote on Facebook a day before the crash. “I feel beyond privileged to be receiving this opportunity, and want to share as much with folks back home.”

Born in Toronto, she was living in Winnipeg, where CBC reports she worked for the charity Canada Learning Code.

Moore’s brother David Moore described her in a message to CBC via Facebook.

“She always strived to make the world a better place,” he said.

Peter DeMarsh

Peter DeMarsh (Photo from CBC)

Peter DeMarsh

Peter DeMarsh, (Photo from CBC)

Peter DeMarsh was chair of the International Family Forestry Alliance and former chair of the Taymouth Community Association in New Brunswick, where he lived.

A post on the Kenya Forest Service Facebook page said DeMarsh was travelling to Nairobi to attend a workshop on “access to international climate finance for small holder farmers.”

David Coon, leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick, offered his condolences to DeMarsh’s family on social media.

“My deepest sympathy to Jean and their son Luke,” he said. “Goodbye old friend. You gave so much of yourself in service to the common good.”

Jessica Hyba

Jessica Hyba

Jessica Hyba (Photo from Huffpost Canada)

Jessica Hyba has been identified by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees as one of its Canadian-born employees. According to the UNHCR, she was working as its senior external relations officer.

In a social media post, Gillian Barth with CARE Canada identified Hyba as a former colleague and friend.

“She was a devoted humanitarian and cherished mother,” Barth said. “The world has lost an irreplaceable human being.”

Stéphanie Lacroix

Stéphanie Lacroix

Stéphanie Lacroix (Photo from Huffpost Canada)

Stéphanie Lacroix had just graduated from the University of Ottawa in 2015, and by 2018 she was working as a project officer with the United Nations Association in Canada.

According to her LinkedIn profile, her job involved engaging young Canadians in national service projects through the UN’s Canada Service Corps.

She was also a board member of the African Community Fund for Education Canada and a former volunteer with Free the Children.

In a post on Facebook, her uncle, Gille Lamarche, described Lacroix as “a young beautiful service leader.”

Lamarche said Lacroix was living her dream after completing an honours degree in international studies.

“RIP my beautiful niece. You are loved and will always be. You leave an exceptional legacy of love and service, and will be missed by thousands,” he said. “You left your mark without a doubt and made a BIG difference. Earth lost an angel, and heaven gained one more.”

CBC reports Lacroix grew up in Timmins.

Micah Messent

Micah Messent

Micah Messent (Photo from The Canadian Press)

Micah Messent, an Indigenous relations analyst with the BC Public Service and environmentalist, described the aim of his work as “constructively deconstructing the status quo.”

It was that work that called him to Nairobi, when he was invited by the United Nations Association of Canada to attend the fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly.

In a post to Instagram, he said attending the assembly would provide him with a chance to “meet with other passionate youth and leaders from around the world and explore how we can tackle the biggest challenges that are facing our generation.”

According to his LinkedIn profile, Messent graduated from Vancouver Island University with a bachelor in indigenous studies in 2017.

Dixit-Vaidya family

Dixit-Vaidya family

The Dixit-Vaidya family, from left, Anushka Dixit, Prerit Dixit, Ashka Dixit, Kosha Vaidya, Pannagesh Vaidya Hansini Vaidya. (Composite image using photos from The Canadian Press)

Six members of a Brampton, Ont. family were among the victims of the crash that killed 18 Canadians. Spanning three generations, they are being remembered within their Brampton community as loving people.

Sisters Anushka Dixit, 13, and Ashka, 14, were on the jet with their mother, 37-year-old Kosha Vaidya, their father, 45-year-old Prerit Dixit, and Indian grandparents Pannagesh and Hansini Vaidya.

The family was travelling to Kenya for a safari, CP reports.

Although the grandparents were originally from India, they lived in Kenya for several years before moving back to India, and Kosha was born there. This would have been her first trip back to her birthplace in decades.

It was not immediately clear if Pannagesh Vaidya and Hansini Vaidya were Canadian citizens, but they are not.

Angela Rehhorn

Angela Rehhorn

Angela Rehhorn (Photo from The Canadian Press)

Like so many other victims of the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash, Angela Rehhorn was on her way to Kenya with the United Nations Association of Canada to attend the UN assembly in Nairobi.

The Canadian Wildlife Federation confirmed March 11 that Rehhorn, one of the organization’s Canadian Conservation Corps participants, died in the plane crash.

According to a statement by the federation, Rehhorn was a recent graduate of Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University but had already made “tremendous contributions” to the future of conservation. The release said she had just completed volunteering her time to do species surveys in Canada and was developing a citizen science project on bat conservation. It said she planned to gain more experience studying marine environments.

“Angela shared the excitement and optimism of volunteering and working to improve our world. Her life is an inspiration to us all,” said Rick Bates, CEO of the Canadian Wildlife Federation.

Darcy Belanger

Darcy Belanger

Darcy Belanger (Photo from The Canadian Press)

Darcy Belanger helped found environmental non-profit Pavarti.org, and it was the organization that confirmed his death “with deep grief” in a statement on March 11.

At the time of his death, Belanger had been working to spread awareness about an initiative called the Marin Arctic Peace Sanctuary.

Belanger had taken time off from his job as director of professional development at construction company PCL to travel to Nairobi for the UN Environment Assembly, the statement said.

“Admired for his courage, outstanding achievements, and noble qualities, Darcy was a hero in every sense of the word. He was passionately devoted to the protection of all life through the realization of MAPS, the Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary,” the statement said.

“Darcy was truly a champion and a force of nature, one whose passing leaves an unimaginable gap in this work as well as in the lives of his family, friends and colleagues.”

Ameen Ismail Noormohamed

Ameen Ismail Noormohamed

Ameen Ismail Noormohamed, right, with his son Naheed. (Photo from Facebook//Naheed Noormohamed)

Ameen Ismail Noormohamed was a 72-year-old Canadian citizen who lived in Nairobi and Toronto and travelled between Kenya and Canada.

Global reports he had been in Toronto visiting his sister and was on his way back to Kenya when he became a victim of the Ethiopian Airlines crash.

Rubi Pauls

One of the youngest victims of the plane crash was nine-month-old Rubi Pauls, a Canadian, who was on her way to meet her grandfather for the first time in Kenya. Grandfather Quindos Karanja says Rubi’s grandmother, 60-year-old Ann Wangui Karanja, her mother, 34-year-old Carolyne Karanja and her seven-year-old brother Ryan, and sister Kerri, who was four were also on the flight. Only Rubi was a Canadian citizen.

Dawn Tanner

Dawn Tanner’s son, Cody French, described her in a Facebook post as “an extraordinary woman” who made her sons proud with her acts of kindness and compassion toward others.

“You have played a major role in shaping who we have become,” he said, addressing his late mother. “We are both so fortunate to have had you as a Mother and we can both live the rest of our lives knowing, wholeheartedly, that Hunter and I were your world and that you were extremely proud of both of us.

Tanner was a 47-year-old Hamilton-area teacher, whose death was confirmed by the Grand Erie District School Board, CBC reports.

With files from the Canadian Press.

3/14/191:22 PM

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UPDATE: BRAMPTON FAMILY LOSES SIX MEMBERS IN THE ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CRASH

These are the Canadian victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

Pius Adesanmi

Amina Ibrahim Odowa and Sofia Abdulkadir

Derick Lwugi

Danielle Moore

Peter DeMarsh

Jessica Hyba

Stéphanie Lacroix

Micah Messent

Dixit-Vaidya family

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Ameen Ismail Noormohamed

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