Authorities have recovered the black box. Aviation experts are trying to figure out the cause of the crash. The ceo of the airlines said the plane was flying at 38,000 feet when it lost altitude and rapidly descended for eight minutes. He said the aircraft lost contact with a control tower about 50 minutes after it took off. German wings believes citizens of germany, spain and france were on board. German chancellor Angela Merkel say people in her country share deep grief with the other countries. Translator there are many victims from this disaster, including germans. Well do everything we can to find the cause of this catastrophe. Ill be going there as well. Japanese Foreign Ministry officials quote diplomats in spain as saying two names likely to be japanese are included in the passenger list. French president Francois Holland and mariano rahoi are to visit the task force headquarters. The president s of the United States and afghanistan have agreed to slow the pace of the american
Debris is scattered for hundreds of meters in the french alps. Authorities have recovered the black box. Aviation experts are trying to figure out the cause of the crash. The ceo of the airlines said the plane was flying at 38,000 feet when it lost altitude and rapidly descended for eight minutes. He said the aircraft lost contact with a control tower about 50 minutes after it took off. German wings believes citizens of germany, spain and france were on board. German chancellor Angela Merkel say people in her country share deep grief with the other countries. Translator there are many victims from this disaster, including germans. Well do everything we can to find the cause of this catastrophe. Ill be going there as well. Japanese Foreign Ministry officials quote diplomats in spain as saying two names likely to be japanese are included in the passenger list. French president Francois Holland and mariano rahoi are to visit the task force headquarters. The president s of the United State
Children in some parts of japan are bidding farewell to their schools. Theyre closing down due to the shrinking population. Authorities and experts are looking for clues after a german jetliner crashed into the french alps. They fear all 100 people who were on board are dead. Theyre hoping information from the flight data recorder will reveal what happened. Nhk world reports. Reporter the plane was traveling from barcelona to dusseldorf on tuesday morning. The airbus a320 was operated by lufthansas budget carrier germanwings. 144 passengers and 6 crew members, were on board. About an hour into the flight the plane crashed into a mountainside. Police and firefighters used helicopters to search the area until sunset. The plane was flying at 38,000 feet when it lost altitude and rapidly descended for eight minutes. The aircraft lost contact with the control tower after it came to an altitude of 6,000 feet. For the time being we say its an accident. Theres nothing more that we can say righ
AGRICULTURE and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the export of processed food products with halal status has now successfully penetrated more than 150 countries which include 1.8 billion Muslims globally.