Seven Britons were among the 157 people killed when an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed, Kenya's transport secretary James Macharia has said.

The Boeing 737-8 MAX crashed shortly after take-off from Ethiopia's capital on Sunday morning, killing all 157 people thought to be on board, the airline and state broadcaster said.

The plane crashed six minutes after departing Addis Ababa on its way to Kenya's capital, Nairobi.