Photos: No survivors in France jet crash, students, teachers mourn classmates on doomed plane

Photos: No survivors in France jet crash, students, teachers mourn classmates on doomed plane

FP Staff March 25, 2015, 08:14:26 IST

— 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.

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Photos: No survivors in France jet crash, students, teachers mourn classmates on doomed plane
Germanwings Crash in France. AFP, Reuters
A screen grab taken from an AFP TV video on March 24, 2015 shows debris of the Germanwings Airbus A320 at the crash site in the French Alps above the southeastern town of Seyne. The plane, which had taken off from Barcelona in Spain and was headed for Dusseldorf in Germany, crashed earlier in the day with 150 people onboard.  AFP
Rescue helicopters from the French Securite Civile and the Air Force are seen in front of the French Alps during a rescue operation near to the crash site of an Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes, March 24, 2015. An Airbus plane operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline, en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday and all 150 on board were feared dead.   REUTERS
A rescue helicopter from the French Securite Civile flies over the French Alps during a rescue operation after the crash of an Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes, March 24, 2015. An Airbus plane operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline, en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday and all 150 on board were feared dead.   REUTERS
Passengers are silhouetted against a window at the Germanwings check-in desk at Dusseldorf airport March 24, 2015. No one survived when an Airbus A320 passenger plane operated by Lufthansa's budget subsidiary Germanwings crashed in southern France while flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf on Tuesday and it is likely to take days to recover the bodies of those on board due to difficult terrain, French police at the crash site said. REUTERS
Family members of passengers feared killed in Germanwings plane crash react at Barcelona's El Prat airport March 24, 2015. No one survived when an Airbus A320 passenger plane operated by Lufthansa's budget subsidiary Germanwings flight crashed in southern France on Tuesday and it is likely to take days to recover the bodies of those on board due to difficult terrain, French police at the crash site said.    REUTERS
Lit candles are placed outside the Josef-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See, March, 24, 2015. Students and teachers at a small-town German high school broke out in tears when they realised that 16 classmates and two teachers were on board an ill-fated Germanwings airplane that crashed in France on Tuesday on a flight home to Duesseldorf. The text reads: 'In silent sympathy.'  REUTERS
A student places a lit candle outside the Josef-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See, March, 24, 2015. Students and teachers at a small-town German high school broke out in ears when they realised that 16 classmates and two teachers were on board an ill-fated Germanwings airplane that crashed in France on Tuesday on a flight home to Duesseldorf. An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board including 16 schoolchildren.   REUTERS
Students stand in front of lit candles outside the Josef-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See, March, 24, 2015. Students and teachers at a small-town German high school broke out in tears when they realised that 16 classmates and two teachers were on board an ill-fated Germanwings airplane that crashed in France on Tuesday on a flight home to Duesseldorf. An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board including 16 schoolchildren.   REUTERS
Members of the French government and deputies observe a minute of silence during a session at the National Assembly in Paris March 24, 2015. An Airbus plane operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline, en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday killing all 150 on board including 16 schoolchildren.  REUTERS
French President Francois Hollande (R), Spain's King Felipe VI and his wife Queen Letizia deliver a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris, March 24, 2015.  The three-day state visit of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain has been suspended following the crash of an Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline in a remote area of the French Alps on Tuesday. REUTERS
An information board for arrivals shows the flight 4U 9525 in Duesseldorf airport March 24, 2015. No one survived when an Airbus A320 passenger plane operated by Lufthansa's budget subsidiary Germanwings crashed in southern France while flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf on Tuesday and it is likely to take days to recover the bodies of those on board due to difficult terrain, French police at the crash site said.   REUTERS
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