Spain and Portugal on Wednesday expressed their condolences to Brazil for Tuesday's air crash, the nation's deadliest, which may have killed 200 at Sao Paul's Congonhas airport.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero sent a telegram to his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, expressing his deep sympathy to both the government and the victims' families.
Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva also sent his condolences to Lula and to Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra.
"I felt deep concern when I heard of the tragic accident in Sao Paulo," he said. Portugal's Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, president of the European Commission, also expressed his condolences.
Brazilian fire crews on Wednesday retrieved 175 bodies from the wreckage of the Airbus 320 that crashed on Tuesday at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport. All 186 passengers onboard and at least 16 people on the ground are feared dead.
The passenger plane, which belonged to the TAM air company, took off from the Brazilian city Porto Alegre for Sao Paulo. It tried to land but skidded on a rain-slick and ran across the runway, crashed into a fuel deposit and a baggage-handling building, and exploded.
Brazil has declared three days of official mourning for the tragedy.
Source: Xinhua
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