article_snippet: Germanwings said Germanwings was thought that 63 of the passengers on board were Germans, while reports from Spain suggest that around 45 Spaniards may have been on the flight.
article_snippet: It is believed two babies and 16 children from the same German school are also among the dead.
article_snippet: In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said: 'We still don't know much beyond the bare information on the flight, and there should be no speculation on the cause of the crash.'
article_snippet: The Airbus A320, with 144 passengers and six crew on board was being operated by German low-fare airline Germanwings on a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf.
article_snippet: Germanwings chief executive Thomas Winkelmann said the aircraft began descending again shortly after the aircraft reached the aircraft cruising height, having taken off from Barcelona at about 10am local time.
article_snippet: This descent lasted eight minutes, Germanwings chief executive Thomas Winkelmann told reporters in Cologne.
article_snippet: Wreckage of the Germanwings Airbus was found in a remote region of the French Alps this afternoon .