She was just 36
Joanne Toole, 36, was travelling alone on the Ethiopian Airlines flight for her work with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
‘Joanna’s work was not a job – it was her vocation,’ he said of his daughter, who had been living in Rome at the time of her death.‘Somehow that work took her into the international sphere and for the last 15 years she has been working for international animal welfare organisations.‘That involves a lot of ravelling around the world – although personally I never wanted her to be on a single one of those planes.
‘Joanna was genuinely one of those people who you never heard a bad word about. She was one of those people who burned the candle at both ends,’ Mr Toole said.Joanna is one of seven Brits killed on the flight Earlier today it was confirmed that all 157 people on the flight ET302 had been killed in the crash minutes after off from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.Kenyans, Ethiopians, Chinese, Canadians, Americans, Italians, Indians, French and Egyptian citizens were also killed in the plane crash.
Visibility was reportedly clear at the time of the crash but air traffic monitor Flightradar24 said ‘vertical speed was unstable after take off’.The pilot had sent out a distress call and was given the all clear to return, according to the airline’s chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam.Tractors excavated the scene of the crash Senior captain Yared Getachew had a ‘commendable performance’ record having completed more than 8,000 hours in the air, the airline said.
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