10 things you need to know today: March 10, 2019

Ethiopian Airlines flight carrying 157 crashes shortly after take off, Warren and Klobuchar criticize tech industry at SXSW, and more

An Ethiopian Airlines plane.
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1. Ethiopian Airlines flight carrying 157 people crashes shortly after take off

An Ethiopian Airlines flight carrying 149 passengers and eight crew members crashed shortly after take off from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, on Sunday. Despite search and rescue efforts, Ethiopia's state broadcaster announced that there were no survivors. The plane, a new Boeing 737 that was delivered to Ethiopian Airlines in November 2018, was on a regularly scheduled flight en route to Nairobi when it lost contact with ground control about six minutes after take off. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Passengers on board hailed from 35 different countries, including eight people from the United States. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta both offered their condolences.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.