U.S. to send team to assist in Ethiopian Airlines crash

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will send four people to assist in the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash, an NTSB spokesman said on Sunday.

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed Sunday with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, the airline said earlier.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)