Grieving families given earth from Ethiopian crash site

In this photo taken Thursday, March 14, 2019, women from the area participate in a prayers ceremony for Catholic priest Rev. George Mukua Kageche, 40, who died in the plane crash in Ethiopia, held at his canada goose jacket outlet home in Githunguri, near Nairobi, in Kenya. The Rev. George Kageche Mukua was one of 32 Kenyans killed canada goose outlet canada when Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 faltered shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa and crashed, a goose outlet canada numbingly high toll Canada Goose online on a flight carrying people from 35 countries. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Grieving family members of victims of the Ethiopian air disaster are being given sacks of earth to bury in place of the remains of their canada goose clearance loved ones.

Officials have begun delivering bags of earth to family members of the 157 victims of the crash instead of the remains of Canada Goose Coats On Sale their loved ones because the identification process canada goose factory outlet is going to take such a long time.

Families are being given a official canada goose outlet canada goose clearance sale 1 kilogram (2.2 pound) sack of scorched earth taken from the crash sites, members of two different families told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid any possible canada goose factory sale government reprisal.

“The soil came as it became impossible to identify bodies and hand over remains to family members,” one family member said. “We will not rest until we are given the real body or body parts of our loved ones.”

Forensic DNA work has begun on identifying the remains but it may take six months to identify the victims, because the body parts are in small pieces. The victims of the crash came from 35 countries.

A mass memorial service for the dead is planned in Addis Ababa to take place Sunday, one week after the crash. Muslim families have already held prayers for the dead and are anxious to have something to bury as soon as possible.

Interpol and Blake Emergency Services, hired by Ethiopian Airlines, will work with Ethiopian police and health officials to identify the bodies, Dagmawit Moges, Ethiopia’s Minister of Transport said on Saturday.

“Preparation for the identification process has already started and we will make sure that the post mortem investigation will start as soon as possible,” she said. National Transportation Safety Board cheap Canada Goose has sent about 16 members to assist the investigation, she said.

In Paris, investigators started studying the cockpit voice recorder of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet Saturday, grieving family members were given sacks of dirt to bury in place of the remains of their loved ones.

The canada goose black friday sale French air accident investigation agency BEA tweeted Saturday that technical work on the recorder began. The BEA also canada goose outlet said work resumed on the flight’s data recorders.

The recorders, also known as black boxes, were sent to canada goose outlet store France because the BEA has extensive expertise in analyzing such devices. National Transportation Safety Board and the plane’s manufacturer Boeing are among those involved in the investigation.

The Ethiopian disaster and a crash last year in Indonesia were both of canada goose Canada Goose Outlet outlet store uk the Boeing canada goose outlet reviews 737 Max 8 planes.

Both planes flew with erratic altitude changes that could indicate the pilots struggled to control the canada goose outlet in usa aircraft. Shortly after their takeoffs, both crews tried to return to the airports but crashed.

Boeing said it supports the grounding of its planes as a precautionary step, while reiterating “full confidence” in their safety. Engineers are making changes to the system designed to canada goose outlet online prevent an aerodynamic stall if sensors https://www.zoetermeerinbeeld.nl detect that the jet’s nose is pointed too high and its speed is cheap canada goose too slow.

Investigators looking into the Indonesian crash are examining whether the software automatically pushed the plane’s nose down repeatedly, and whether the Lion Air pilots knew how canada goose uk shop to solve that problem. Ethiopian Airlines says its pilots received special training on the software.