The first bodies from the Germanwings
plane that was deliberately crashed in the
French Alps were repatriated to Germany
on Tuesday
A special fight operated by Lufthansa
carried the remains of 44 Germans among
the 150 on board when the jet crashed on
March 24 from the southern French city of
Marseille to Duesseldorf in western Germany
The coffins were loaded into the Lufthansa
MD-11 cargo plane as rain fell at Marseille's
Maignane airport and the flight landed in
Germany shortly after 2030GMT (4.30)
Malaysian time a spokesman said
Lufthansa is the parent company of budget
airline Germanwings.
A total of 72 Gremans were on board the
doomed Airbus A320 which was heading
from Barcelona to Duesseldorf when it crashed
Brice Robin,the French prosecutor leading
the investigation into the crash ,Is due to meet
relatives of some of the victims today to discuss
the identification and repatriation of remains
Last week the families of some of the 16 teenage
victims from the same German high school
angrily complained to Lufthansa after they
were told the repatriation would be delayed
because problem with the issuing of death,
certificates.Lufthansa later said the flight
would go ahead as planned.
The teenagers from the northwest German town
of Haltern were flying back from an exchange
trip to Spain.
After this first special flight to Duesseldorf ,
the other victims will be gradually transferred
to their home countries in the coming weeks
Lufthansa said.
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