article_snippet: A Germanwings plane carrying 16 of Germanwings pupils and events more than 1,000 km (about 620 miles) two teachers home from a school exchange trip to Spain crashed in French Alps, killing all of those on board.
article_snippet: Headmaster Ulrich Wessel said when the first reports of a crash came through Headmaster Ulrich Wessel was still hopeful, thinking "perhaps they had missed A Germanwings plane carrying 16 of its pupils and their two teachers home from a school exchange trip to Spain, or perhaps there was a second Germanwings flight at the same time.
article_snippet: Of the 16 teenagers killed, 14 were girls, and two boys; one of the two female teachers who died was a newlywed.
article_snippet: The teenagers who died were: Linda Bergjurgen, Elena Bless, Lea Druppel, Selina Eils, Gina Michelle Gerdes, Ann-Christin Hahn, Julia Hermann, Marleen Koch, Paula Lutkenhaus, Fabio Rogge, Rabea Scheideler, Lea Schukart, Helena Siebe, Steffen Strang, Aline Venhoff and Caja Westermann.
article_snippet: Philippa, a friend of many of those who died, told CNN she was shocked by what had happened: "I knew all of Philippa, a friend of many of those who died, all of them were in my grade.
highlights_snippet: Group was returning from school exchange trip to Spain when aircraft went down in French Alps .
  