A FORMER University of York student has been named among 157 people killed when an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after take-off.
Sam Pegram, 25, from Lancashire, was a former masters student at the University of York.
He was killed when the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane destined for Nairobi hit the ground six minutes after departing Addis Ababa on Sunday morning.
Mr Pegram's mother, Deborah, told the Lancashire Evening Post: "Sam was so looking forward to going to Nairobi. He loved the work he was doing.
"We can't believe this has happened. We're totally devastated."
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