TOKYO —
The Japanese government said Wednesday that two Japanese men were aboard the German plane that crashed Tuesday in the French Alps, killing all 150 on board.
According to the Foreign Ministry, the two Japanese are Akira Nagata and Junichi Sato, both residents of Duesseldorf in Germany.
The Airbus A320 operated by Germanwings, a budget subsidiary of Lufthansa, was less than an hour from landing in Duesseldorf on a flight from Barcelona when it unexpectedly went into a rapid descent. The pilots sent out no distress call and had lost radio contact with their control center, France’s aviation authority said, deepening the mystery.
The accident’s cause remains a mystery but authorities have recovered a black box from the Airbus A320 at the crash site, where rescue efforts were hampered by the mountainous terrain.
The 144 passengers were mainly German and Spanish, and included two babies.
Germanwings said 67 Germans were believed to have been on board while Spain said 45 people with Spanish-sounding names were on the flight. Two Colombians and two Australians were also confirmed to be among the dead. Belgium and Denmark said at least one of their nationals was on board, while Britain said its nationals were likely among the victims.
Japan Today/AFP
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