This archive report was first published on 12 September 2019.
On March 10, 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 crashed just six minutes after taking off from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, killing 157 people from 35 nationalities and United Nations staff.
According to Interpol, the international police organization, the identification process involved 100 experts from 14 countries in Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
Interpol's Secretary General Jürgen Stock said, "In the wake of such a tragedy, the accurate identification of the victims is of immense importance to the families who are suffering from their loss."
The organization collected DNA materials and fingerprints from the families of the victims to aid in the identification process.
Interpol's Incident Response Team (IRT) was contracted by the Ethiopian government two days after the accident to assist in the identification and recovery efforts.
On September 12, 2019, Interpol announced that it had helped identify all human remains, bringing closure to the families of the victims.
