The deaths of three British citizens who were on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed will be investigated at an inquest next year.
Samuel Pegram, 25, Joanna Toole, 36, and Oliver Vick, 45, were on the flight which crashed shortly after take-off, killing 157 passengers and crew members on March 10.
The tragedy was one of two fatal crashes involving Boeing 737 Max 8 planes in the space of just five months.
The same type of aircraft was involved in a crash in Indonesia in October 2018, when a plane plunged into the sea just after take-off, killing 189 people.
Investigations are still under way into the cause of the Ethiopian Airlines crash.
Seven Britons were among those who died in the March 2019 crash, near Bishoftu in Ethiopia, but only three have been repatriated to the UK.
A coroner was told on Wednesday that the bodies of Mr Pegram, Ms Toole and Mr Vick had all now been repatriated to the UK.
Sitting at Centenary House in Crawley, senior coroner Penelope Schofield said: "The medical cause of death in respect of all three were multiple injuries.
"Each of these individuals was repatriated back to the UK and therefore they fall within the coroner's jurisdiction.
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"From the evidence I have heard, I am satisfied that this is an unnatural death in respect of all three and I will formally open the inquest today and adjourn it to August 11 2020.
"The reason for that lengthy date is the fact that we are still awaiting the final reports in respect of the crash."
The inquest heard that all three were British citizens who had been living abroad at the time.
Mr Pegram lived in Geneva, Switzerland, while Ms Toole lived in Aventino, Rome, and worked for the United Nations.
Mr Vick lived in Thoiry in France and also worked for the United Nations
