First British victim of Ethiopian Airlines flight named as environment campaigner, 36, as jet's erratic last seconds are revealed after it crashed killing seven Brits and 150 others attend
Zoie O'Brien for MailOnline
Mar 10, 2019

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• Animal welfare campaigner Joanna Toole, 36, was one of seven British victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash
• Flight ET302 took off from Ethiopia on Sunday morning at 8.38am local time and was flying to Nairobi
• State broadcasters said 'no survivors' on the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 which has been in use since July
• Families arriving at the airports in Kenya and Ethiopia after the plane crashed just six minutes after take-off
• As many as 50 delegates heading to the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi believed to be on the plane

Seven British nationals were onboard the plane at the time, while there were eighteen Canadians, eight Americans and 32 Kenyan nationals.

As many as 50 delegates are believed to have been on the plane heading to the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, which begins tomorrow.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres confirmed there were UN staff on board, offering his 'heartfelt condolences' to their families.

The plane came down near Bishoftu, Ethiopia, 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of the capital. A witness told the BBC it took rescuers until 11am to arrive.

Witness Bekele Gutema said: 'The blast and the fire were so strong that we couldn't get near it. Everything is burnt down.'