Kfar Saba, Israel – An Israeli victim of the Germanwings disaster that took the lives of 149 passengers when the Airbus A320 crashed into the Alps on March 24th was buried in a ceremony in Kfar Saba on Thursday, aftrer he was returned to Israel this week.
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Hundreds gathered to pay their respects to Eyal Baum of Hod Hasharon, who was 39 when he died.
Authorities investigating the crash believe co-pilot Andreas Lubitz purposefully crashed the plane en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. The victims had 19 different nationalities, including 16 high-school students from a single German village who were returning from a school exchange program.
Returning the remains of the victims was complicated by the remote location of the crash and the fact that the plane hit the mountains at such a high speed, complicating the collection process.
