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 737 Max 8 flight 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.

Mr Mavropoulos, president of the International Solid Waste Association, said he was initially angry as staff had not helped him and he missed the flight.

In a Facebook post entitled "My lucky day," Mr Mavropoulos said he was put onto the next flight to Nairobi and only found out about the crash when he was stopped from boarding that flight.

He was taken to a police station for questioning when an officer told him that he was the only passenger booked on the flight that did not board.