On 26 March 2015 , Kraft joined Merkel , Hollande and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain at the crash site of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the Massif des Trois-Évêchés for a memorial ; North Rhine-Westphalia was the state where the plane was headed and many of the 144 passengers lived . One day later , she and Germany 's President Joachim Gauck attended a memorial service in the western town of Haltern for 16 students and two teachers from the local high school who were killed in the crash
Germanwings Flight 9525
Germanwings Flight 9525
Hannelore Kraft