A 72-year-old Toronto man was identified Wednesday as one of the Canadian victims of the plane crash in Ethiopia.
The Ismaili Centre said Ameen Noormohamed was on board the Ethiopian Airlines plane that went down on Sunday moments after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 passengers and crew.
A Brampton, Ont., family was also mourning six of its members who had been on their way to enjoy a safari in Kenya. Two teen sisters -- 13-year-old Anushka Dixit and 14-year-old Ashka -- their mother, Kosha Vaidya, 37, and father, Prerit Dixit, 45, were killed. The girls' grandparents, who were believed to be Indian citizens, were also killed in the crash.
A number of other victims had been travelling to a United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi when their Ethiopian Airlines flight went down.
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