German budget airline, Germanwings, on Wednesday unveiled more details about nationalities of the victims of the flight 4U9525 that crashed on Tuesday in the French Alps.
The company’s CEO, Thomas Winkelmann, addressed a news conference in the German city of Cologne, where the headquarters of Germanwings are located.
Winkelmann confirmed that 72 Germans and 35 Spanish citizens were onboard the ill-fated jet.
He said: “In addition, there were also victims from Britain, the Netherlands, Colombia, Mexico, Japan, Denmark, Belgium, Israel, Australia, Argentina, Iran, Venezuela and the United States.
“Details about the nationalities of other victims will be further updated.”
The CEO did not give further information about the causes of the crash.
The Germanwings flight 4U9525 crashed in southern French Alps en route from Spain’s Barcelona to Germany’s Duesseldorf on Tuesday with 150 people on aboard, including 144 passengers and six crew members.
Winkelmann said: “Our top priority now is to take care of family members of both the passengers and the crew members.
“We have already had contacts with 123 affected families.”
He added that professional psychologists were ready to provide help for those who need psychological help.
According to him, Germanwings’ parent company, Lufthansa, has set up care centres in Barcelona, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich where family members of the victims are getting psychological care.
Winkelmann further said two special planes of Germanwings, would carry relatives of the victims and psychologists to southern France on Thursday, with one flying from Duesseldorf and the other from Barcelona.
Xinhua/NAN.
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