What saved the Man who missed the Ethiopian Airline Flight that crashed

Ahmed Khalid’s father had received no news from his son who was meant to be on board the fatal plane.

Travelling from Dubai, Ahmed was due to change planes in Addis Ababa and continue en route to Nairobi, but a delay in Dubai caused him to miss flight ET 302 and he had to wait for another connection.

My flight was from Dubai to Addis Ababa and then from Addis Ababa to Nairobi but because of the delay from Dubai, I missed the first flight (to Nairobi). So, when I reached Addis Ababa they told me to take the second flight, which is at 11 o’clock and I said it’s fine.

In his own words…

He learned about the crash when he was on board his plane to Nairobi.

The cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained.