Update: All 157 persons aboard the Ethiopian Airlines flight confirmed dead

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

There were 147 passengers and 8 crew members on board the airline. Officials have retrieved the wreckage of the plane.

The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane on a routine flight to Nairobi, Kenya, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, crashed 6 minutes after take off, and was only purchased, brand new, 4 months ago.