Germanwings air tragedy remembered one year on

  • 8 years ago
Le Vernet in the French Alps – one year ago 150 people lost their lives there when Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately flew an Airbus into the mountainside. .

Most of those who died were either Spanish or German. On the eve of today’s official ceremony in France, relatives who have organised themselves into an association, gathered in Barcelona where the plane had taken off on route for Dusseldorf.

Silvia Chaves President of Association of Victims of “Germanwings Flight 9525“http://www.euronews.com/2016/03/23/germanwings-tragedy-life-has-resumed-but-traces-of-the-catastrophe-endure/ in the Alps:

“We want to prevent incidents like this one from happening again. We want to prevent other families from going through the terrible situation we’ve lived through. And we want society and our leaders to realise the necessity of taking care of each one of us.”

Although airline Lufthansa has introduced random drug and alcohol tests there is still discontent with procedures con