This archive report was first published on 14 October 2019.
On Monday morning, seven months after the tragic Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that claimed 157 lives, the remains of 28 out of 32 Kenyans arrived in Kenya.
The families of the deceased converged at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to receive the remains of their loved ones, as a requiem mass in memory of the victims was held at the airport.
Identification of the crash victims took about six months, according to Ethiopian authorities, due to the complexity of the process and extensive damage of the bodies.
Some families had earlier travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for collection of DNA samples to help in body identification, but were left with only soil from the crash site to bury their loved ones.
At least six Kenyan families have since sued giant American airplane maker Boeing following the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash.
Passengers who perished in the crash were from 35 different nationalities, with Kenyans being the majority.
