Germanwings Crash Sees Airlines Including Easyjet And Thomas Cook Change Cockpit Rules

EasyJet Among Airlines Changing Cockpit Rules After Fatal Germanwings Crash
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In the wake of the fatal Germanwings crash in the French Alps, several airlines have announced new procedures to ensure two crew members are in the cockpit at all times during flights.

The UK's Civil Aviation Authority said it had contacted all UK operators to urge them to review safety procedures in the wake of Tuesday’s tragedy, which saw the loss of 150 lives.

Monarch, easyJet, Virgin Atlantic and Thomas Cook all confirmed they had changed their policies, while Ryanair, Jet2 and Flybe said they already required two crew members to be in the cockpit at all times.

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A number of airlines say they will now ensure two crew members are in the cockpit at all times during flights

It comes as it emerged Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz apparently locked himself in the cockpit and deliberately crashed the plane into the mountains below.

Norwegian Air Shuttle, along with Air Canada, say they will now also require a minimum of two crew members in the cockpit while a plane is in the air.

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It comes after the fatal Germanwings crash on Tuesday which saw the co-pilot deliberately pilot the aircraft into the mountains

A group representing Germany's biggest airlines, including Lufthansa and Air Berlin, say they plan similar rules.

German Aviation Association spokeswoman Christine Kolmar said the plan will be presented to German aviation authorities on Friday and the airlines will implement it "as soon as possible."

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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police stand in front of the residence of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to its destruction. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Investigators carry boxes from the apartment of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to its destruction. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Investigators carry boxes from the apartment of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to its destruction. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Investigators carry boxes from the apartment of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to its destruction. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 26: The residence of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, is seen on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to its destruction. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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A policeman walks from a house on March 26, 2015, in Montabaur, soutwestern Germany, from where the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings plane came. Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot who French authorities say appeared to deliberately crash a Germanwings flight, was a life-long flying enthusiast with no apparent psychological problems or terrorist links. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRIK STOLLARZ via Getty Images)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police stand in front of the residence of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to its destruction. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 26: The residence of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, is seen on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to its destruction. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Investigators carry boxes from the apartment of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to its destruction. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Investigators carry boxes from the apartment of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to its destruction. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Investigators carry boxes from the apartment of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to its destruction. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police stand in front of the residence of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to its destruction. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: A man places flowers in front of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police stand in front of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police stand in front of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police stand in front of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police stand in front of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: A policeman carries bags out of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police carry computer, a box and bags out of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police carry computer, a box and bags out of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police stand in front of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: The shadow of a policeman is seen in a window of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police carries a computer out of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police stand in front of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)
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MONTABAUR, GERMANY - MARCH 26: Police stand in front of the residence of the parents of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot on Germanwings flight 4U9525, on March 26, 2015 in Montabaur, Germany. French authorities confirmed that Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France two days ago, killing all 150 people on board. Authorities are pursuing the possibility that Lubitz might have acted deliberately in steering the aircraft to is destruction. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (credit:Thomas Lohnes via Getty Images)

Canada's government also issued an immediate order requiring two crew members to be in the flight deck at all times.

Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said the government is reviewing all policies and procedures and is watching the situation in Europe closely.

Following the 11 September, 2001 terrorist attacks, US airlines revamped their policies regarding staffing in the cockpit. But the procedure is not standard in Europe or Canada.

According to US rules, whenever the cockpit door is open, flight attendants create a barrier between the cockpit and passengers. Typically, that is done with a beverage cart but some jets are outfitted with a mesh wire barricade. If a pilot leaves to use the bathroom, one of the flight attendants takes his or her seat in the cockpit.

Some European airlines, like Finnair and Czech national airline CSA, operate under similar procedures. But many did not prior to Tuesday's Germanwings crash.

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A photo believed to be of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz

European investigators said Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz barricaded himself inside the cockpit of the Airbus jetliner and deliberately crashed it into a mountainside, killing all 150 passengers and crew aboard.

Norwegian spokeswoman Charlotte Holmbergh-Jacobsson said the new rules will be adopted "as soon as possible" on all commercial flights globally. She said that the airline's security department had been thinking about the measure "for a while, and today decided on it."

Air Canada, Canada's largest airline, said it will implement its change "without delay" the policy change. The country's other airlines, Westjet and Transat, also said it would make the change immediately. Porter airlines said it policy has always been to have at least two crew in the flight deck at all times.

EasyJet said its new rules will take effect Friday.

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SEYNE, FRANCE - MARCH 25: (Alternate crop of #467495310) In this handout image supplied by the Ministere de l'Interieur (French Interior Ministry), search and rescue teams attend to the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus in the French Alps on March 25, 2015 near Seyne, France. Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf has crashed in Southern French Alps. All 150 passengers and crew are thought to have died. (Photo by F. Balsamo - Gendarmerie nationale / Ministere de l'Interieur via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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Rescue workers work on debris at the plane crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, after a Germanwings jetliner crashed Tuesday in the French Alps. French investigators cracked open the badly damaged black box of a German jetliner on Wednesday and sealed off the rugged Alpine crash site where 150 people died when their plane on a flight from Barcelona, Spain to Duesseldorf, Germany, slammed into a mountain. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Rescue workers work at the plane crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, after a Germanwings jetliner crashed Tuesday in the French Alps. French investigators cracked open the badly damaged black box of a German jetliner on Wednesday and sealed off the rugged Alpine crash site where 150 people died when their plane on a flight from Barcelona, Spain to Duesseldorf, Germany, slammed into a mountain. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A rescue worker climbs past debris at the plane crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, after a Germanwings jetliner crashed Tuesday in the French Alps. French investigators cracked open the badly damaged black box of a German jetliner on Wednesday and sealed off the rugged Alpine crash site where 150 people died when their plane on a flight from Barcelona, Spain to Duesseldorf, Germany, slammed into a mountain. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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SEYNE, FRANCE - MARCH 25: In this handout image supplied by the Ministere de l'Interieur (French Interior Ministry), search and rescue teams attend to the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus in the French Alps on March 25, 2015 near Seyne, France. Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf has crashed in Southern French Alps. All 150 passengers and crew are thought to have died. (Photo by F. Balsamo - Gendarmerie nationale / Ministere de l'Interieur via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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Debris of the crashed Germanwings passenger jet is scattered on the mountain side near Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. The Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Debris of the crashed Germanwings passenger jet is scattered on the mountain side near Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. The Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this still image taken from video provided by the French Interior Ministry on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, rescue workers are seen looking for wreckage from the crashed Germanwings flight in the Southern French Alps. A black box recovered from the scene and pulverized pieces of debris strewn across Alpine mountainsides held clues to what caused a German jetliner to take an unexplained eight-minute dive Tuesday midway through a flight from Spain to Germany, apparently killing all 150 people on board. (AP Photo via French Interior Ministry) (credit:AP)
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In this still image taken from video provided by the French Interior Ministry on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, wreckage from the crashed Germanwings flight is seen in the Southern French Alps. A black box recovered from the scene and pulverized pieces of debris strewn across Alpine mountainsides held clues to what caused a German jetliner to take an unexplained eight-minute dive Tuesday midway through a flight from Spain to Germany, apparently killing all 150 people on board. (AP Photo via French Interior Ministry) (credit:AP)
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In this still image taken from video provided by the French Interior Ministry on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, wreckage from the crashed Germanwings flight is seen in the Southern French Alps. A black box recovered from the scene and pulverized pieces of debris strewn across Alpine mountainsides held clues to what caused a German jetliner to take an unexplained eight-minute dive Tuesday midway through a flight from Spain to Germany, apparently killing all 150 people on board. (AP Photo via French Interior Ministry) (credit:AP)
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SEYNE, FRANCE - MARCH 25: French President Francois Hollande (L) bows his head as he stands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as they meet with rescue workers on March 25, 2015 in Seyne, France. Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf has crashed in Southern French Alps. All 150 passengers and crew are thought to have died. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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SEYNE, FRANCE - MARCH 25: French President Francois Hollande (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet with rescue workers on March 25, 2015 in Seyne, France. Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf has crashed in Southern French Alps. All 150 passengers and crew are thought to have died. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Reporters videotape a rescue helicopter taking off from Seyne-les-Alpes, France, to search for the 150 victims who died in a Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. A cockpit voice recorder badly damaged when a German jetliner smashed into an Alpine mountainside and a crucial two-minute span when the pilot lost contact are vital clues into what caused the plane to go down, killing all 150 people on board, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Students mourn in front of their school in Haltern, western Germany, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, one day after 16 school children and two teachers were among the 150 victims that died in the Germanwings plane crash in the French alps on the way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Lufthansa employees pay a minute of silence in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, for the 150 victims who died in the Germanwings plane crash in the French alps on the way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Students mourn in front of their school in Haltern, western Germany, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, one day after 16 school children and two teachers were among the 150 victims that died in the Germanwings plane crash in the French alps on the way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mystery Surrounds The Germanwings Airbus That Crashed In Southern France Killing All On Board(26 of147)
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SEYNE, FRANCE - MARCH 25: A police helicopter passes mountains as it comes in to land on March 25, 2015 near Seyne, France. Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf has crashed in Southern French Alps. All 150 passengers and crew are thought to have died. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
Mystery Surrounds The Germanwings Airbus That Crashed In Southern France Killing All On Board(27 of147)
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SEYNE, FRANCE - MARCH 25: French military personel walk up the mountainside on March 25, 2015 near Seyne, France. Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf has crashed in Southern French Alps. All 150 passengers and crew are thought to have died. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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A teddy bear wearing a shirt that reads 'Flight Attendant' sits among flowers and candles laid down in front of the headquarters of German airline Germanwings in Cologne, western Germany, on March 25, 2015. Budget airline Germanwings said there were at least 72 Germans on its plane en route to Duesseldorf from Barcelona that crashed in the French Alps on March 24, 2015, killing all 150 people aboard. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRIK STOLLARZ via Getty Images)
Mystery Surrounds The Germanwings Airbus That Crashed In Southern France Killing All On Board(29 of147)
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SEYNE, FRANCE - MARCH 25: French military personel walk up the mountainside on March 25, 2015 near Seyne, France. Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf has crashed in Southern French Alps. All 150 passengers and crew are thought to have died. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
Germany Mourns The Death Of Those Who Died On The Germanwings Airbus(30 of147)
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COLOGNE, GERMANY - MARCH 25: Thomas Winkelmann, chief executive officer of Germanwings, looks on during a press conference on March 25, 2015 in Cologne, Germany. Flight 4U 9525, operated by Germanwings, a low-cost subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, crashed yesterday flying from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. All 144 passengers and six members of flight crew of the Germanwings flight, which is believed to have included 45 Spanish and 67 German nationals, are believed to have been killed after the aircraft rapidly lost height and fell into a remote area of the southern French Alps. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
Mystery Surrounds The Germanwings Airbus That Crashed In Southern France Killing All On Board(31 of147)
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LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 25: Police and recue teams gather near the site of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps on March 25, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner crashed in the French Alps with all 144 passengers and six flight crew presumed dead. Authorities are investigating the possible cause of the accident. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
Mystery Surrounds The Germanwings Airbus That Crashed In Southern France Killing All On Board(32 of147)
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VERNET, FRANCE- MARCH 25: A floral tribute to the victims is positioned beside a book of condolence near the site of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps on March 25, 2015 in Vernet, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner crashed in the French Alps with all 144 passengers and six flight crew presumed dead. Authorities are investigating the possible cause of the accident. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
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The staff of the embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany observe a minute of silence at noon for the victims of the crash of an Airbus A320, in Madrid on March 25, 2015. An Airbus A320 operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline coming from Barcelona and heading to Dusseldorf crashed on March 24, 2015 in a remote area of the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board. Spain declared three days of mourning and King Felipe VI cut short his first state visit to France on March 24 just minutes after it began when he heard news of the tragedy. AFP PHOTO/ GERARD JULIEN (Photo credit should read GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:GERARD JULIEN via Getty Images)
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Team members of German first division Bundesliga team FC Bayern Munich hold a minute's silence ahead a training session for the victims of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in French Alps at the Bayern Munich trainings area in Munich, southern Germany, on March 25, 2015. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHE (Photo credit should read CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHRISTOF STACHE via Getty Images)
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Rescue workers walk in a field before an official ceremony near the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320 in Seyne-les-Alpes on March 25, 2015. Investigators combed through the pulverised wreckage of the German airliner and examined its badly damaged black box for clues as to what caused the mysterious crash that killed all 150 aboard. AFP PHOTO / POOL / CHRISTOPHE ENA (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE ENA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHRISTOPHE ENA via Getty Images)
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French gendarmes gather information under a tent near the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320 in Seyne-les-Alpes on March 25, 2015. Investigators combed through the pulverised wreckage of the German airliner and examined its badly damaged black box for clues as to what caused the mysterious crash that killed all 150 aboard. AFP PHOTO / POOL / CHRISTOPHE ENA (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE ENA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHRISTOPHE ENA via Getty Images)
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A French gendarme works under a tent near the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320 in Seyne-les-Alpes on March 25, 2015. Investigators combed through the pulverised wreckage of the German airliner and examined its badly damaged black box for clues as to what caused the mysterious crash that killed all 150 aboard. AFP PHOTO / POOL / CHRISTOPHE ENA (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE ENA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHRISTOPHE ENA via Getty Images)
France Plane Crash(38 of147)
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In this image made from TV, debris is scattered over the area after a Germanwings Airbus 320 crashed near Seyne-les-Alpes in the French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo / TF1, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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RECROP OF MAR116 Debris of the Germanwings passenger jet is scattered on the mountain side near Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this image made from TV, debris is scattered over the area after a Germanwings Airbus 320 crashed near Seyne-les-Alpes in the French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo / TF1, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this image made from TV, debris is scattered over the area after a Germanwings Airbus 320 crashed near Seyne-les-Alpes in the French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/TF1) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Debris of the Germanwings passenger jet is scattered on the mountain side near Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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RECROP OF MAR118 Debris of the Germanwings passenger jet is scattered on the mountain side near Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A rope hangs from a rescue helicopter flying past debris of the Germanwings passenger jet, scattered on the mountainside, near Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Students stand in front of candles in front of the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium in Haltern, western Germany Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A stunned German town mourned 16 students who went down aboard Germanwings flight on their way home Tuesday from a Spanish exchange, while the opera world grieved for two singers who were returning from performing in Barcelona. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People light candles on a table tennis in front of the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium in Haltern, western Germany Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A stunned German town mourned 16 students who went down aboard Germanwings flight on their way home Tuesday from a Spanish exchange, while the opera world grieved for two singers who were returning from performing in Barcelona. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Students hug each other as they arrive at the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium in Haltern, western Germany, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 on the day after 16 school children and 2 teachers died in the Germanwings jet airliner crash in the French Alps from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Students hug each other as they arrive at the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium in Haltern, western Germany, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 on the day after 16 school children and 2 teachers died in the Germanwings jet airliner crash in the French Alps from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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School children watch the candles placed in front of their school as they arrive at the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium in Haltern, western Germany, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, the day after 16 school children and 2 teachers died in the Germanwings jet airliner crash in the French Alps from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Images of the debris after a German Airbus A320 of the low-cost carrier Germanwings crashed, killing all 150 people on board via La Provence (credit:La Provence)
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Images of the debris after a German Airbus A320 of the low-cost carrier Germanwings crashed, killing all 150 people on board via La Provence (credit:La Provence)
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Rescue workers prepare at Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:Claude Paris/AP)
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Images of the debris after a German Airbus A320 of the low-cost carrier Germanwings crashed, killing all 150 people on board via La Provence (credit:La Provence)
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People comfort each other as they arrive at the Barcelona airport in Spain, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf in Germany. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) (credit:Manu Fernandez/AP)
France Plane Crash(55 of147)
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Rescue workers stand by ambulances at Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:Claude Paris/AP)
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An helicopter takes off at Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:Claude Paris/AP)
Germany France Plane Crash(57 of147)
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School children mourn for their school mates in front of the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium in Haltern, western Germany Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings plane from Barcelona crashed on its way to Duesseldorf over the French alps, 16 school children and 2 teachers from Haltern were among the 150 people on board. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:Martin Meissner/AP)
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Young girls stand on March 24, 2015 in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium secondary school in Haltern am See, western Germany, from where some of the Germanwings plane crash victims came. Sixteen German teenagers and two teachers on a school exchange trip were assumed to be among the 150 dead in the crash of a passenger jet in the French Alps, officials said. The head of low-budget airline Germanwings said there were 144 passengers and six crew on the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps en route to Duesseldorf from Barcelona. AFP PHOTO / SASCHA SCHUERMANN (Photo credit should read SASCHA SCHUERMANN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SASCHA SCHUERMANN via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(59 of147)
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LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 150 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
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French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (C) and Germany's ambassador to France Suzanne Wasum-Rainer (L) leave after meeting with firefighters and rescuers involved in rescue operations, at their Mobile Command Center in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
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French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (C) is sheltered from the rain upon his arrival in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images)
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Police secure the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium in Haltern, western Germany Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings plane from Barcelona crashed on its way to Duesseldorf over the French alps, 16 school children and 2 teachers from Haltern were among the 150 people on board. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:Martin Meissner/AP)
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Two girls hug in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium in Haltern, western Germany Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings plane from Barcelona crashed on its way to Duesseldorf over the French alps, 16 school children and 2 teachers from Haltern were among the 150 people on board. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:Martin Meissner/AP)
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Helicopters of the French Air Force (back) and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
France Plane Crash(65 of147)
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A gendarme walks away as a helicopter takes off from Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:Claude Paris/AP)
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Students put candles on a table tennis table in front of the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium in Haltern, western Germany Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings plane from Barcelona crashed on its way to Duesseldorf over the French alps today, 16 school children and 2 teachers from Haltern are among the victims. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:Martin Meissner/AP)
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A helicopter of the French civil security services flies near Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
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Members of the Duesseldorf Airport Care Team are seen on March 24, 2015 at the airport in Duesseldorf, western Germany, where the crashed Germanwings airplane was due to land. The head of low-budget airline Germanwings said there were 144 passengers and six crew on the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps en route to Duesseldorf from Barcelona. AFP PHOTO / DPA / OLIVER BERG +++ GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read OLIVER BERG/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:OLIVER BERG via Getty Images)
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Journalists wait to get more informations as they sit in a room equipped with a screen displaying tv-news on the crash of a Germanwings plane on March 24, 2015 at the airport in Duesseldorf, western Germany, where the crashed Germanwings airplane was due to land. The head of low-budget airline Germanwings said there were 144 passengers and six crew on the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps en route to Duesseldorf from Barcelona. AFP PHOTO / DPA / MAJA HITIJ +++ GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MAJA HITIJ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAJA HITIJ via Getty Images)
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Helicopters of the French Air Force (back) and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
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French emergency services workers gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
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French emergency services workers (back) and members of the French gendarmerie gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
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French emergency services workers (back) and members of the French gendarmerie gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
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Helicopters of the French Air Force and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images)
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Members of the French gendarmerie gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
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Helicopters of the French Air Force (back) and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images)
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A helicopter of the French civil security services flies near Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades.. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images)
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Helicopters of the French Air Force (back) and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images)
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Helicopters of the French Air Force (back) and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images)
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French President, Francois Hollande, right, accompanies Spain's King Felipe VI, left, after their meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain are on a scheduled three-day state visit in France, but their visit is being cut short after a Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crashed Tuesday morning in the French Alps as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Rescue workers and gendarme gather in Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said.(AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Family members of people involved in a crashed plane comfort each other as they arrive at the Barcelona airport in Spain, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying more than 140 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf in Germany. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(83 of147)
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LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(84 of147)
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LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
Relatives of passengers of Germanwings flight arrive at Duesseldorf Airport(85 of147)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 24: A curtain closes a gate at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany on 24 March 2015. Airbus A320 plane flown by low-budget airline Germanwings from Barcelona to Duesseldorf crashed over Southern Alps in France with at least 144 passengers and six crew on board. (Photo by Abdulselam Durdak/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Relatives of passengers of Germanwings flight arrive at Duesseldorf Airport(86 of147)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 24: Turkish relatives of passengers of Germanwings flight, arrive at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany on 24 March 2015. Airbus A320 plane flown by low-budget airline Germanwings from Barcelona to Duesseldorf crashed over Southern Alps in France with at least 144 passengers and six crew on board. (Photo by Abdulselam Durdak/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Relatives of passengers of Germanwings flight arrive at Duesseldorf Airport(87 of147)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 24: Relatives of passengers of Germanwings flight, arrive at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany on 24 March 2015. Airbus A320 plane flown by low-budget airline Germanwings from Barcelona to Duesseldorf crashed over Southern Alps in France with at least 144 passengers and six crew on board. (Photo by Abdulselam Durdak/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Young girls stand on March 24, 2015 in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium secondary school in Haltern am See, western Germany, from where some of the Germanwings plane crash victims came. Sixteen German teenagers and two teachers on a school exchange trip were assumed to be among the 150 dead in the crash of a passenger jet in the French Alps, officials said. The head of low-budget airline Germanwings said there were 144 passengers and six crew on the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps en route to Duesseldorf from Barcelona. AFP PHOTO / SASCHA SCHUERMANN (Photo credit should read SASCHA SCHUERMANN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SASCHA SCHUERMANN via Getty Images)
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An emergency counselor stands next to candles and flowers laid down on March 24, 2015 in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium secondary school in Haltern am See, western Germany, from where some of the Germanwings plane crash victims came. Sixteen German teenagers and two teachers on a school exchange trip were assumed to be among the 150 dead in the crash of a passenger jet in the French Alps, officials said. The head of low-budget airline Germanwings said there were 144 passengers and six crew on the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps en route to Duesseldorf from Barcelona. AFP PHOTO / SASCHA SCHUERMANN (Photo credit should read SASCHA SCHUERMANN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SASCHA SCHUERMANN via Getty Images)
FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN-AVIATION-ACCIDENT(90 of147)
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French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve leaves a Mobile Command Center after meeting with firefighters and rescuers involved in rescue operations in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN-AVIATION-ACCIDENT(91 of147)
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French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (C) and Germany's ambassador to France Suzanne Wasum-Rainer (L) leave after meeting with firefighters and rescuers involved in rescue operations, at their Mobile Command Center in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(92 of147)
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BARCELONA, SPAIN- MARCH 24: Relatives of passengers of the Germanwings plane crashed in French Alps arrives at the Terminal 2 of the Barcelona El Prat airport on March 24, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 150 people on board has crashed in French Alps. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) (credit:David Ramos via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(93 of147)
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LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: French mountain rescue teams and gendarmerie arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(94 of147)
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BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 24: Relatives of passengers of the Germanwings plane crashed in French Alps are seen at the Terminal 2 of the Barcelona El Prat airport on March 24, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 150 people on board has crashed in French Alps. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) (credit:David Ramos via Getty Images)
France Plane Crash(95 of147)
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Rescue workers prepare at Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:Claude Paris/AP)
France Plane Crash(96 of147)
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Rescue workers and gendarme gather in Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said.(AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:Claude Paris/AP)
France Plane Crash(97 of147)
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Rescue workers and helicopters stand at Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote, snow-covered crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:Claude Paris/AP)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(98 of147)
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LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(99 of147)
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LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(100 of147)
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LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(101 of147)
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LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(102 of147)
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LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(103 of147)
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LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images)
Relatives of passengers of Germanwings flight arrive at Duesseldorf Airport(104 of147)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 24: A curtain closes a gate at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany on 24 March 2015. Airbus A320 plane flown by low-budget airline Germanwings from Barcelona to Duesseldorf crashed over Southern Alps in France with at least 144 passengers and six crew on board. (Photo by Abdulselam Durdak/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
GERMANY-FRANCE-SPAIN-AVIATION-ACCIDENT-GERMANWINGS(105 of147)
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Young girls stand on March 24, 2015 in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium secondary school in Haltern am See, western Germany, from where some of the Germanwings plane crash victims came. Sixteen German teenagers and two teachers on a school exchange trip were assumed to be among the 150 dead in the crash of a passenger jet in the French Alps, officials said. The head of low-budget airline Germanwings said there were 144 passengers and six crew on the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps en route to Duesseldorf from Barcelona. AFP PHOTO / SASCHA SCHUERMANN (Photo credit should read SASCHA SCHUERMANN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SASCHA SCHUERMANN via Getty Images)
GERMANY-FRANCE-SPAIN-AVIATION-ACCIDENT-GERMANWINGS(106 of147)
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An emergency counselor stands next to candles and flowers laid down on March 24, 2015 in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium secondary school in Haltern am See, western Germany, from where some of the Germanwings plane crash victims came. Sixteen German teenagers and two teachers on a school exchange trip were assumed to be among the 150 dead in the crash of a passenger jet in the French Alps, officials said. The head of low-budget airline Germanwings said there were 144 passengers and six crew on the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps en route to Duesseldorf from Barcelona. AFP PHOTO / SASCHA SCHUERMANN (Photo credit should read SASCHA SCHUERMANN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SASCHA SCHUERMANN via Getty Images)
GERMANY-FRANCE-SPAIN-AVIATION-ACCIDENT-GERMANWINGS(107 of147)
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Young girls stand on March 24, 2015 in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium secondary school in Haltern am See, western Germany, from where some of the Germanwings plane crash victims came. Sixteen German teenagers and two teachers on a school exchange trip were assumed to be among the 150 dead in the crash of a passenger jet in the French Alps, officials said. The head of low-budget airline Germanwings said there were 144 passengers and six crew on the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps en route to Duesseldorf from Barcelona. AFP PHOTO / SASCHA SCHUERMANN (Photo credit should read SASCHA SCHUERMANN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SASCHA SCHUERMANN via Getty Images)
FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN-AVIATION-ACCIDENT(108 of147)
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French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (2nd R) speaks with firefighters involved in rescue operations in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN-AVIATION-ACCIDENT(109 of147)
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French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (C-R) meets with firefighters involved in rescue operations, at their Mobile Command Center in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN-AVIATION-ACCIDENT(110 of147)
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French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (C) and Germany's ambassador to France Suzanne Wasum-Rainer (L) leave after meeting with firefighters and rescuers involved in rescue operations, at their Mobile Command Center in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
France Plane Crash(111 of147)
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An helicopter takes off at Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Plane Crash(112 of147)
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Rescue workers stand by ambulances at Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN-AVIATION-ACCIDENT(113 of147)
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French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (2nd L) and Germany's ambassador to France Suzanne Wasum-Rainer (3rd R, partly hidden) meet with volunteers at a mortuary set up inside a gymnasium in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images)
Germany France Plane Crash(114 of147)
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Students put candles on a table tennis table in front of the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium in Haltern, western Germany Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings plane from Barcelona crashed on its way to Duesseldorf over the French alps today, 16 school children and 2 teachers from Haltern are among the victims. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Germany France Plane Crash(115 of147)
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Police secure the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium in Haltern, western Germany Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings plane from Barcelona crashed on its way to Duesseldorf over the French alps, 16 school children and 2 teachers from Haltern were among the 150 people on board. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Plane Crash(116 of147)
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Rescue workers stand by ambulances at Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Plane Crash(117 of147)
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Rescue workers and gendarme gather as a helicopter takes off from Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said.(AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Plane Crash(118 of147)
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Rescue workers and gendarme gather in Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said.(AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX France Plane Crash(119 of147)
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Rescue workers watch a rescue helicopter taking off from Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(120 of147)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 24: People arrive at a holding area for friends and relatives of passengers on Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf at Duesseldorf International Airport on March 24, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. The German Airbus A320 has crashed in Southern French Alps. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
A German Wings Plane Departing From Barcelona Crashes in Alps(121 of147)
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BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 24: A relative (C) of passangers of the Germanwings plane crashed in French Alps arrives at the Terminal 2 of the Barcelona El Prat airport on March 24, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in French Alps. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) (credit:David Ramos via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(122 of147)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 24: People arrive at a holding area for friends and relatives of passengers on Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf at Duesseldorf International Airport on March 24, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. The German Airbus A320 has crashed in Southern French Alps. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
German Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern French Alps(123 of147)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - MARCH 24: People arrive at a holding area for friends and relatives of passengers on Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf at Duesseldorf International Airport on March 24, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. The German Airbus A320 has crashed in Southern French Alps. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
Spain France Plane Crash(124 of147)
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A family of people involved in a crashed plane arrives at the Barcelona airport in Spain, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying more than 140 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Spain France Plane Crash(125 of147)
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A worker from a Swissport, a Service Company who is handling for Germanwings airlines, works inside an office in the Barcelona airport in Spain, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying more than 140 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Spain France Plane Crash(126 of147)
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A worker from a Swissport, a Service Company who is handling for Germanwings airlines, works inside an office in the Barcelona airport in Spain, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying more than 140 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People waiting for flight 4U 9525 are lead away by airport staff at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, after a Germanwings passenger jet carrying more than 140 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Germany France Plane Crash(128 of147)
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A woman waiting for flight 4U 9525 is lead away by airport staff at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, after a Germanwings passenger jet carrying more than 140 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Germany France Plane Crash(129 of147)
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A woman waiting for flight 4U 9525 is lead away by airport staff at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, after a Germanwings passenger jet carrying more than 140 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Germany France Plane Crash(130 of147)
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Police officers guard a non-public area for people waiting for flight 4U 9525 at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, after a Germanwings passenger jet carrying more than 140 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Germany France Plane Crash(131 of147)
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A woman waiting for flight 4U 9525 is lead away by airport staff at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, after a Germanwings passenger jet carrying more than 140 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Germany France Plane Crash(132 of147)
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Two men waiting for flight 4U 9525 are lead away by airport staff at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, after a Germanwings passenger jet carrying more than 140 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Germany France Plane Crash(133 of147)
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A man who appears to have waited for the missing flight 4U 9525 reacts at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, after a Germanwings passenger jet carrying 148 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Germany France Plane Crash(134 of147)
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Airport staff walk to a non-public area where people waiting for the Germanwings flight from Barcelona have been brought at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, after a Germanwings passenger jet carrying 148 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Germany France Plane Crash(135 of147)
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A man who appears to have waited for the missing flight 4U 9525 covers his face at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, after a Germanwings passenger jet carrying 148 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Germany France Plane Crash(136 of147)
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The arrivals board shows flight 4U 9525 without a status at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, after a Germanwings passenger jet carrying 148 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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