NAIROBI: An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 jet en route to Nairobi crashed killing all 157, including 149 passengers and eight crew members on board, media reports said.

According to reports, there were no survivors.

The ill-fated flight had left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8.38 am local time when it lost contact with the control tower a few minutes later.

The state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation said there were no survivors onboard the flight. The airlines was carrying passengers from 33 countries, reports said.

The flight ET 302 crashed near the town of Bishoftu, some 62 kilometers southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, according to the airlines.

Officials said search and rescue operations were in progress. (Agencies)