The Portuguese government today expressed its “most sincere sympathy” to Japan for the victims of the earthquake and the collision between two planes at Tokyo airport, according to a statement released by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In a post on the social network X, João Gomes Cravinho expressed “the most sincere solidarity with the Japanese people and authorities” for the victims of these two incidents.
“Our thoughts are with all those affected and those providing assistance during this difficult time,” he added.
A Japan Airlines Airbus carrying 379 passengers from Sapporo, in northern Japan, crashed into a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft, a DHC-8, when it landed at Tokyo Haneda airport today. Only the pilot, who was seriously injured, survived.
All the passengers and crew of the Airbus were safely removed from the burning aircraft on one of the airport runways.
At least 48 people died in the earthquake that hit the west coast of central Japan on Monday, according to a new report released today by the Japanese authorities.
The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.6 on the open Richter scale and with an epicenter on the Noto peninsula, led the authorities to activate a tsunami alert, in force for 18 hours, along the west coast of the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido and the north of the island of Kyushu.
The 155 earthquakes that have shaken central Japan since Monday have caused “numerous victims” and significant material damage, including collapsed buildings and fires, said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
