Investigators seek answers to why passenger jet crashed in French Alps
- 9 years ago
Investigators in France have began sifting through the wreckage for clues as to why a Germanwings airbus crashed into the French Alps killing all 150 people on board. The cockpit voice recorder has already been recovered.
Flight 4U 9525 was en-route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf when it came down in a rugged mountainous area while flying over France. No distress call was received from the aircraft.
French Interior Ministry spokesperson Pierre Henry Brandet explained how the investigation was going: “We are entering a phase of criminal investigation which will be long. It has to be done in a very precise way, with meticulous detail in order to find the bodies, to allow for their identification, and to give them back to their families, while of course collecting the evidence which will help advance the investigation.”
Teenagers among the dead
The inaccessible nature of the terrain plus bad weather means the recovery of the bodies is likely to take some time.
According to a
Flight 4U 9525 was en-route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf when it came down in a rugged mountainous area while flying over France. No distress call was received from the aircraft.
French Interior Ministry spokesperson Pierre Henry Brandet explained how the investigation was going: “We are entering a phase of criminal investigation which will be long. It has to be done in a very precise way, with meticulous detail in order to find the bodies, to allow for their identification, and to give them back to their families, while of course collecting the evidence which will help advance the investigation.”
Teenagers among the dead
The inaccessible nature of the terrain plus bad weather means the recovery of the bodies is likely to take some time.
According to a