A Greek man says he missed the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in Addis Ababa after arriving two minutes late at the boarding gate.

“I was mad because nobody helped me to reach the gate on time,” said Antonis Mavropoulos as he recalled his “lucky day”.

A second man also says he narrowly missed the flight. The Boeing plane to Nairobi crashed six minutes after taking off, killing all 157 people on board.

The victims are from more than 30 countries, including 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, and seven Britons.