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| The search operation to recover a Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps yesterday killing all 150 people on board has resumed. Here are the latest updates: | The search operation to recover a Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps yesterday killing all 150 people on board has resumed. Here are the latest updates: |
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| Recovery efforts involving helicopters and hundreds of police on foot were called off yesterday evening as light faded under cloudy skies. | Recovery efforts involving helicopters and hundreds of police on foot were called off yesterday evening as light faded under cloudy skies. |
| Flight 4U9525 was less than an hour from its destination of Dusseldorf on its journey from Barcelona when it unexpectedly went into a rapid descent yesterday morning. | Flight 4U9525 was less than an hour from its destination of Dusseldorf on its journey from Barcelona when it unexpectedly went into a rapid descent yesterday morning. |
| The pilots did not send out a distress call and had lost radio contact with their control centre at around 10.50am local time (9.50am GMT), France's aviation authority said. | The pilots did not send out a distress call and had lost radio contact with their control centre at around 10.50am local time (9.50am GMT), France's aviation authority said. |
| Data from Flightradar24 said the Airbus A320 initially climbed to 38,000ft, its cruising altitude, before descending rapidly for eight minutes and losing contact at about 6,800ft. | Data from Flightradar24 said the Airbus A320 initially climbed to 38,000ft, its cruising altitude, before descending rapidly for eight minutes and losing contact at about 6,800ft. |
| Witnesses who reached the crash site near the town of Seyne-les-Alpes and popular ski resort Pra Loup described “pulverised” debris and bodies scattered on the mountainside. | Witnesses who reached the crash site near the town of Seyne-les-Alpes and popular ski resort Pra Loup described “pulverised” debris and bodies scattered on the mountainside. |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy are due to visit the scene today. | Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy are due to visit the scene today. |