(CNN)Planes fly over this stretch of Ethiopia’s Oromia region every day. Rising up to cruising altitude, the passengers half listen to the announcements in Amharic — the official language of Ethiopia — and English.
It takes just a few minutes for a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane taking off from Bole international airport in Addis Ababa to pass over the rolling teff and corn fields near Bishoftu.
The shepherds and farmers here don’t really pay the planes much attention.
