Plane Crash Families' Shock As No Bodies To Bury, Just Ashes

• Virtually none of the bodies of the 157 people including 32 Kenyans who perished in the Ethiopian airline crash will ever be recovered.
• Grieving relatives and friends who flew to Addis Ababa in hopes of retrieving something will be devastated by the lack of remains.

Most of the bodies of the 157 people including 32 Kenyans who perished in the Ethiopian plane crash will never be recovered, identified and buried.
Grieving relatives and friends who flew to Addis Ababa in hopes of retrieving something will be devastated by the lack of remains.

A BBC interview, the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Tewolde Gebremariam said most of the bodies were reduced to ashes by the intense heat of the fire and only a few pieces have been recovered.

“By the time I reached the site on Sunday the plane was completely underground and there was no sign of it above the ground. We had to dig up the wreckage to try and find bodies.

"It is very sad that we were not able to get bodies. We only have very small pieces of the remains. That is the main challenge we have now"

- Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam

• Virtually none of the bodies of the 157 people including 32 Kenyans who perished in the Ethiopian airline crash will ever be recovered.

A relative mourns at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town Bishoftu, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

An Ethiopian Airlines staff member replied that the crash was under investigation and that more details were emerging day by day.
A stoic man in a dark coat said he was steeling himself for the three-hour journey to the crash site.
Some held up framed photographs of loved ones as the meeting room filled up, becoming a packed grieving centre.
Couples held each other, slumped forward in their chairs, their gazes downcast. Some held their heads in their hands.
Women in headscarves leaned for comfort against heir relatives.
It was an emotional and heart-wrenching scene at the crash site when relatives arrived to pay their respects.
Family members mourned at the site. They placed portraits and floral tributes at the site where Flight ET302 crashed.

Emotions ran high as family members mourn at the crash site. They placed portraits and floral tributes at the site where Flight ET302 crashed.