JUST IN: 157 persons on board Ethiopian Airlines die in crash

All the 157 persons on board an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday morning are dead.

There were 147 passengers and eight crew members on board the airline.

The BBC reeports that officials have retrieved the wreckage of the plane and confirmed the deaths.

The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane was on a routine flight to Nairobi, Kenya from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia before it crashed shortly after take off.

An Ethiopian Airlines spokesman said the crash occurred at 8:44 a.m. local time.

RIP!