Learning from BBC New: ET302

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A plan has crashed in (somewhere).
It’s believed (157) people were on the flight
It’s quite a devastating scene.
You can see clearly that…

Various nationals were among the passengers.

there was an intense fire as the aircraft hit the ground

The blast and the fire were so strong  that we couldn’t get near it and everything is burnt down

We cannot also attribute the cause to anything because we will have to comply with the international regulation to wait for the investigation

survivors

witnesses
a huge hole (= huge crater )at the point of impact

Everything was broken into pieces

 at the scene

crash site

flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders

commonly known as the black box

The digital devices recovered at the crash site

tragedy

Ethiopia has declared Monday a national day of mourning.

farmland

the nose pointed down and the tail raised up

saw billows of smoke and debris

wreckage

Reference:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47513508?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cv06837xl7lt/ethiopian-airlines-crash&link_location=live-reporting-story