Guardian:
15m ago
18:46
Among those killed was opera singer Oleg Bryjak, Deutsche Oper Am Rhein director Christoph Meyer has told the Associated Press. Meyer said Bryjak was returning to Germany from a performance: “we have lost a great performer and a great person in Oleg Bryjak. We are stunned.”
The US State Department has said it cannot confirm whether there were any Americans on board the flight, and Lufthansa has said it is still working to verify passengers’ nationalities.
I’m reminded of the old Israeli video when they were testing a mockup of their nuclear power plant containment. They flew an old fighter jet into it at 400 mph. The plane and everything in it just turned to powder as it contacted the concrete which held up just fine. Anyone on the ground hearing this would wonder if the tinkling noises were ever going to stop?