Guntur woman among four Indians killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Mar 12, 2019, 10:33 IST

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One of the four Indian nationals who died in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in Addis Ababa was identified as Nukavarapu Manisha from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.

Guntur woman among four Indians killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Nukavarapu Manisha (middle) of Guntur with her parents

HYDERABAD: One of the four Indian nationals who died in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in Addis Ababa was identified as Nukavarapu Manisha from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. According to Avinash Yaganti, a relative of the victim, her parents have reached Nairobi.
"The parents are waiting in Nairobi and need help," Avinash Yaganti, a cousin of Manisha said in a tweet to Union external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj.

The victim's cousin wanted to know what procedures were required to be followed by the family to get necessary help. He requested the external affairs minister to provide all the latest information regarding his cousin.
Sushma Swaraj has already informed that two officials of the Embassy of India in Addis Ababa can be contacted for any assistance by the families of Indian nationals who have died in ET-302 crash on March 10. The officials are V Suresh, Second Secretary (Consular) on mobile: +251 911506852 and Mohan Lal, Head of Chancery on mobile +251 911506851.

The Nairobi-bound Boeing 737 Max-8 crashed six minutes after it took off from Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Airlines said that it had already contacted family members of the victims to inform them of the tragic accident. The airlines also informed that it has teamed up with all stakeholders concerned to conduct forensic investigations and identify the identities of the victims. 149 passengers and eight crew members died in the crash.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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