article_snippet: As emergency crews worked to retrieve wreckage from the site near Digne-les-Bains, in France, theories continued to circulate about what caused Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 to fall from the skies.
article_snippet: Wreckage and debris lie on the mountain slopes after the crash of The Airbus A320 .
article_snippet: The Germanwings aircraft that crashed in the French Alps yesterday, killing all 150 people on board, was also flying on the aerospace industry's most widely-sold engines, made by French-US venture CFM.
article_snippet: But The Airbus A320 made dramatic headlines in 2009 when a US Airways jet ditched safely in the Hudson River after a bird strike.
article_snippet: A helicopter of the French civil security services flies near Seyne, south-eastern France near the crash site .
article_snippet: At 24 years old, however, the A320 that crashed was at the upper end of the service life used by many first-tier airlines.
highlights_snippet: Germanwings jet that crashed into French Alps was 24 years old .
  