The CEO of Lufthansa expressed his condolences to those who lost relatives when Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday.
Carsten Spohr said he visited the site where the Germanwings aircraft went down, killing 150 people.
A video message from our CEO Carsten Spohr. #indeepsorrow
Posted by Lufthansa on Wednesday, March 25, 2015
“Visiting the crash site yesterday I was once again, in a shocking moment, made aware of a fact that all of us in Lufthansa know so well, safety in aviation is not a given,” he said. “We will work day and night, also in the next days in weeks, to make sure that flying is once again made even safer.”
The aircraft was carrying 144 passengers, six flight crew members and included two babies, 16 exchange students from Germany and two famous opera singers. Flight number 9525 has been retired by Lufthansa and several flights were cancelled on Tuesday because flight crews were unable to carry out their duties.
Flags at half-mast outside the European Commission (Photo Credit: European Commission)
European Union flags outside the European Commission in Brussels were flown at half-mast on Wednesday following the plane crash. The flight was Dusseldorf-bound and took off from Barcelona airport at 8:55 a.m. local time and crashed 45 minutes later. It is not believed that acts of terrorism were involved in the crash and the flight recorder has been located by search teams.
No bodies have been recovered from the site, which has been hampered by steep and unstable terrain. Searchers continue to scour the area for bodies and information which may help investigators figure out what caused the tragic accident.
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