Man fails to board ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight
Updated | By Breakfast with Martin Bester
Man misses the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed after taking off from Addis Ababa.
Anotins Mavropoulos saw his fellow passengers board the plane.
The man posted on Facebook explaining his fate. The post is called ‘My Lucky Day’. Anotins Mavropoulos shared an image of what appears to be his boarding pass.
He arrived at the gate late for boarding on Sunday morning. He said: "When I arrived, boarding was closed and I watched the last passengers in (the) tunnel go in. I screamed to put me in but they didn't allow it."
READ: Comair grounds Boeing 737 MAX
The plane crashed six minutes after taking off, killing all 157 people on board.
In local news, Comair, which operates British Airways and Kulula in South Africa, has grounded its Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets.
#Comair which operates British Airways and Kulula, has removed its Boeing 737 MAX 8 from its flight schedule.
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) March 11, 2019
This following the #EthiopianAirlineCrash. pic.twitter.com/AgqN91CYWl
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