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Germany

German President attends memorial service for students killed in Alpine plane crash

Teenagers and parents from the grief-stricken town of Haltern am See have been joined by Germany’s president at a memorial service for the 16 pupils

27/03/2015

World

Germanwings plane crash explanation stuns Europe

Grieving loved ones were taken close to the site in the southern French Alps where 150 people were killed in the tragic crash of a Germanwings Airbus

27/03/2015

France

Andreas Lubitz: Torn-up sick note for day of crash is found at home of Germanwings co-pilot

A torn-up sick note has been found showing that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was unfit for work on the day he is thought to have deliberately

27/03/2015

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The unenviable task of sorting scattered fragments of ill-fated Germanwings jet

27/03/2015

France

Alpine plane crash: The difficult and dangerous task facing recovery teams

New footage released by the French government has revealed the full scale of the task facing recovery teams scouring the Alpine crash site of the

27/03/2015

France

Germanwings crash: Andreas Lubitz 'received treatment for depression'

The co-pilot believed to have deliberately crashed Germanwings flight 9525 reportedly received psychiatric treatment for a 'serious depressive episode.'

27/03/2015

France

German police remove items from flight 9525 co-pilot's homes

Police in the German town of Montabaur have searched the home belonging to the parents of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot who apparently locked himself

27/03/2015

France

Germanwings crash: families of victims join together near crash site

Relatives of those on-board the Germanwings flight which crashed in the French Alps have gathered together in Le Vernet. It is the closest inhabited

26/03/2015

France

Spotlight on co-pilot who appears to have deliberately crashed Germanwings jet

Investigators try to uncover more information about co-pilot who appears to have deliberately crashed ill-fated Germanwings jet.

26/03/2015

France

France: relatives of Germanwings victims visit crash scene

Relatives of those on-board the Germanwings flight which crashed in the French Alps have been arriving in Le Vernet. It is the closest inhabited area

26/03/2015

Germany

Merkel calls 'non-accidental' Germanwings crash 'a terrible burden'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel responded to France’s official findings taken from the voice recorder of Germanwings flight 4U9525 with a brief

26/03/2015

Germany

Amazement in the hometown of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz

In Montabaur, between Frankfurt and Bonne, people reacted at the flight club that Andreas Lubitz belonged to.

26/03/2015

France

Germanwings crash: Seyne les Alpes residents offer to host victims' relatives

Residents of Seyne les Alpes are showing their solidarity with relatives of those killed in the Germanwings crash by offering free accommodation

26/03/2015

France

Prosecutors believe co-pilot deliberately flew Germanwings jet into mountain

Marseille prosecutor says co-pilot of ill-fated Germanwings jet put A320 into descent with captain locked outside cockpit

26/03/2015

France

French prosecutor: Germanwings co-pilot appears to have crashed plane deliberately

Marseille prosecutor says co-pilot of ill-fated Germanwings jet put A320 into descent with captain locked outside cockpit

26/03/2015

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Tears as staff pay tribute to victims of Germanwings plane crash

26/03/2015

France

Germanwings pilot 'locked out' of cockpit - crash investigators

The New York Times and AFP quote investigators into the Germanwings crash as saying that one of the pilots left the cockpit and could not get back in before the flight went down.

26/03/2015

France

Families of the victims of Germanwings air disaster arrive at crash site

Air crash investigators and search teams have begun a third day scouring the wreckage of the Germanwings A320, which crashed with 150 people on board

26/03/2015

France

How pilot could have locked himself in cockpit of doomed jet

26/03/2015

France

New reports claim Airbus crash voice recorder reveals pilot 'was locked out of cockpit'

French emergency workers have removed the first bodies from the mountainside where a Germanwings Airbus crashed on Tuesday killing all 150 people on

26/03/2015