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First Black Box Found at Airbus A320 Crash Site in French Alps

© AFP 2023 / BORIS HORVAT 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.
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. - Sputnik International
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The first flight recorder from Germanwings' flight 4U 9525, which crashed in France earlier on Tuesday, has been located, a French official said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to French parliamentarian Christophe Castaner, cited by the France Info radio station, one of the plane's flight recorders has been found.

"One of the black boxes from the plane has been found," French parliamentarian Christophe Castaner, who is currently near the crash site said, as quoted by the France Info radio station.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve confirmed that one of the black boxes had been found adding that it would be "immediately examined" by investigators.

German airline Lufthansa said that the air crash was an accident and any other theory of the tragedy's reason was "speculation", Heike Birlenbach, Vice President Sales and Services Europe, said during a press conference at a Barcelona airport.

Castaner said via Twitter that the airplane was totally destroyed and nothing but debris and bodies were at the Airbus A320 crash site.

Germany's ambassador to France and French Interior Minister Cazeneuve were on the crash site as well, he added.

Germanwings Airbus A320, carrying 144 passengers and 6 crew members, was heading from Barcelona to Dusseldorf when it crashed in the French Alps.

David Galtier, the head of gendarmerie of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, said that there are no signs of survivors in the plane crash as quoted by Haute-Provence Info media outlet.

The arrivals board shows flight 4U 9525 without a status at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - Sputnik International
Germanwings A320 Passenger Jet With 150 Aboard Crashes in Southern France
On March 24, 2015 a low-cost Germanwings plane crashed in the French Alps en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. 150 people were on board the Airbus A320 plane, including 144 passengers and six crew members.

According to President Francois Hollande, victims of the plane crash were mainly German, Spanish and Turkish nationals. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said German, French and Spanish authorities had agreed to jointly investigate the crash Airbus A320 passenger plane in southern France.

Following the crash, local media reported that movements had been observed in the debris, meaning someone could have survived the crash. France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said, however, that the chances of finding survivors were little.

France's Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety has launched a safety investigation into the crash, the bureau's spokesperson told Sputnik earlier in the day adding that it was too early to give any detailed information concerning the incident.

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