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Family members of the two Argentine citizens, Sebastian Gabriel Greco and Gabriela Lujan Maues, who were killed in the Germanwings plane crash, arrive at the Argentina's Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires March 25, 2015. (Reuters)
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A photo released March 25, 2015 by the French Interior Ministry shows search operations at the crash site of an Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes.
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France's President Francois Hollande (C) , Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel walk on a field near the crash site of Germanwings Airbus A320 near Seyne-les-Alpes March 25, 2015. (Reuters)
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A photo released March 25, 2015 by the French Interior Ministry shows debris at the crash site of an Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes. French investigators will sift through wreckage on Wednesday for clues into why a German Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline plowed into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 people on board including 16 schoolchildren returning from an exchange trip to Spain. (Reuters)
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This photo provided by the Gendarmerie Nationale shows rescue workers being rappelled from an helicopter on the crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (AP)
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People hold a minute of silence in front of Liceo of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (AP/PTI)
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A family member of a passenger feared killed in Germanwings plane crash reacts 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)
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Germanwings employees place lit candles outside the company headquarters in Cologne Bonn airport March 24, 2015. 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)
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Family members Germanwings plane crash victims leave 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)
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Family member of a passenger feared killed in Germanwings plane crash reacts as he arrives at Barcelona's El Prat airport March 24, 2015. Lufthansa's budget carrier Germanwings confirmed its flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf crashed in the French Alps. It said on its Twitter feed that 144 passengers and six crew members were on board the Airbus A320 aircraft. (Reuters)
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The forestry agency's aviation unit said today that over 43 thousand hectares of forest land is burning in Russia, mostly in Siberia. (Reuters)
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French Police and Gendarmerie Alpine rescue units gather on a field as they prepare to reach the crash site of an Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes, in the French Alps, 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)
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France's President Francois Hollande reacts after delivering a speech in Paris. An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote area of the French Alps on Tuesday and all 148 on board were feared dead. (Reuters)
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French President Francois Hollande said he believed none of those on board the A320 had survived, while the head of Lufthansa spoke of a dark day for the German airline. (Reuters)
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An information board for arrivals shows the flight 4U 9525 in Duesseldorf airport March 24, 2015. An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote area of southern France on Tuesday and all 148 on board were feared dead. (Reuters)
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A file photo shows an Airbus A320 of German airline Germanwings as it lands at the airport in Hamburg, northern Germany. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 148 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP)
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A file photo shows an Airbus A320 of German airline Germanwings as it lands at the airport in Hamburg, northern Germany. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 148 people crashed in the French Alps region as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. (AP)
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A Germanwings Airbus A320 registration D-AIPX is seen at the Berlin airport in this file photo. An Airbus plane operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in southern France on Tuesday en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, police and aviation officials said. (Reuters)
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An Airbus A320 plane operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline crashed in southern France, in the Alps mountains near a ski resort, on Tuesday en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, police and aviation officials said. (Reuters)
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The plane issued a distress call at 10:47 am (1517 IST), sources said. (Reuters)
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In a live briefing Tuesday, French President Francois Hollande said it was likely all passengers and crew on the Airbus A320 had perished in the crash. (Reuters)
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The local La Provence newspaper said the Airbus A320 was carrying 142 passengers, two pilots and four cabin crew, citing aviation officials. (Reuters)
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The single-aisle Airbus A320 typically seats 150 to 180 people. (Reuters)
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Lufthansa’s Germanwings unit said it was as yet unable to verify reports of the crash. (Reuters)
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The crashed A320 is 24 years old and has been with the parent Lufthansa group since 1991, according to online database airfleets.net. (Reuters)
