On March 24 , 2015 , 16 of its students and two of its teachers were among the passengers killed when Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in the French Alps . They were on their way home from a student exchange with the Giola Institute in Llinars del Vallès , Catalonia . Haltern 's mayor , Bodo Klimpel , has described it as " the darkest day in the history of our city , "
Germanwings Flight 9525
Germanwings Flight 9525
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