FRANCE-CRASH/ALPS-JAPANESE REAX Co-worker reacts to death of Japanese passenger on Germanwings flight
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FRANCE-CRASH/ALPS-JAPANESE REAX Co-worker reacts to death of Japanese passenger on Germanwings flight
- Title: FRANCE-CRASH/ALPS-JAPANESE REAX Co-worker reacts to death of Japanese passenger on Germanwings flight
- Date: 29th March 2015
- Summary: LE VERNET, FRANCE (MARCH 29, 2015) (REUTERS) MEMORIAL FOR CRASH SITE WITH GENDARMES VEHICLES RESCUERS HOLDING GERMAN AND JAPANESE FLAGS MOUNTAIN BUS CARRYING RELATIVES OF JAPANESE CRASH VICTIM, JUN ICHI SATO FEET OF RELATIVES AS THEY CLIMB DOWN FROM BUS MEDIA AND MEMORIAL SITE RELATIVES AT MEMORIAL SITE WITH GENDARME MOUNTAINS WHERE CRASH SITE IS LEGS OF RELATIVES AS THEY STAND IN FRONT OF MEMORIAL GENDARME RESCUERS LINED UP RESCUE HELICOPTER FLYING PAST VARIOUS OF COLLEAGUE OF JAPANESE CRASH VICTIM JUN ICHI SATO, IPPEI YAMANAKA, TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) COLLEAGUE OF JAPANESE CRASH VICTIM JUN ICHI SATO, IPPEI YAMANAKA, SAYING: "First we were told what is happening with the search by the military police leader. I was told that at this point they are still doing everything that they can and that today they are also searching with two helicopters. Additionally I was primarily told of the fact that parts of 78 people's bodies have been found. As for the state of the family, everyone was crying as they looked at the site itself. Mr Sato's father said while crying to the police leader that he would hope for them to continue searching so that it would end as soon as possible. What really remained in my memory is that he asked them that while crying. YAMANAKA BOWING COACH CARRYING RELATIVES OF JAPANESE CRASH VICTIM LEAVING PREMISES VARIOUS OF MOUNTAINS WHERE CRASH HAPPENED
- Embargoed: 13th April 2015 13:00
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- Location: France
- Country: France
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA73X2IGXT6ZHNSG43Q5PWK47SB
- Story Text: The family of a Japanese man who died in the Germanwings plane crash visited a memorial site in the French Alps on Sunday (March 29).
Authorities positioned vehicles in front of the memorial so that the relatives' could have privacy as they mourned.
The father, step-father and wife of Japanese national Jun Ichi Sato spent about an hour at the site, where they laid flowers and burned incense.
After the ceremony, a colleague of Mr Sato, Ippei Yamanaka, spoke to the media.
"First we were told what is happening with the search by the military police leader. I was told that at this point they are still doing everything that they can and that today they are also searching with two helicopters," he said.
He added Mr Sato's wife still could not believe her husband had perished in the crash and felt he was still on a work trip.
Ippei Yamanaka and Jun Ichi Sato had been together only three days before the crash.
The two were based in Dusseldorf and Sako had travelled to Barcelona for business.
He said Mr Sako's relatives had agreed to give DNA samples to French authorities to speed up the identification process.
"Mr Sato's father said while crying to the police leader that he would hope for them to continue searching so that it would end as soon as possible. What really remained in my memory is that he asked them that while crying, said Yamanaka.
Germanwings flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf crashed into a mountainside on Tuesday, killing all 150 people on board including 16 school children.
German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, 27, barricaded himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings flight 9525 and apparently set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, French prosecutors have said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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