Germanwings crash: clue from cockpit recorder
Nick Miller 6:10 AM A single audio file found in the battered remains of a cockpit voice recorder may hold the first clues as to why Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 crashed into the French Alps.
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Germanwings crash: clue from cockpit recorder
Nick Miller 6:10 AM A single audio file found in the battered remains of a cockpit voice recorder may hold the first clues as to why Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 crashed into the French Alps.
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Germanwings flight 4U9525 disaster: Laborious 'black box' inquiry aims to unlock crash cause
Tim Hepher and Jean-Francois Rosnoblet 5:28 AM Paris: A warren of laboratories on the outskirts of Paris is where French investigators could face months of laborious and complex detective work to try to establish what caused a German airline disaster in the French Alps that killed 150 people.
Germanwings plane crash: What we know so far
Lia Timson 12:42 AM An Airbus 320, operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in southern France on Tuesday en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, killing all 150 people on board. This is what we know so far about the accident, the victims and the recovery efforts.
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Stefan Nicola and Tino Andresen 11:37 PM Germany was in mourning on Wednesday after losing 67 citizens in the Germanwings crash in the French Alps, the largest loss of life for the country in a single incident in 15 years.
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8:22 PM France's interior minister has apparently ruled out a terrorist attack as the cause of the Germanwings air crash in the French Alps.
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Rania Spooner 5:04 PM A Melbourne family is devasted after a mother and son were among the 150 killed when Germanwings flight 4U9525 crashed in southern France.
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