article_snippet: When rescue teams reached the scene the next day, there were no survivors, with all 35 passengers and nine crew members killed.
article_snippet: Yesterday's crash in almost the exact same spot, all 144 passengers, including six crew members were killed on the flight en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf.
article_snippet: The majority of the passengers were Spanish and German with 16 children from the same school in Haltern near Dusseldorf losing The majority of the passengers lives.
article_snippet: The crash site has been claimed that the doomed Germanwings plane may have crashed because the windscreen cracked, causing a sudden drop in oxygen that rendered the pilots unconscious.
article_snippet: Reports circulating on professional pilot forums suggested the black box on the Airbus A320 had been analysed and revealed that a 'structural failure' was responsible for the 1953 disaster.
article_snippet: a 'structural failure' was responsible for the disaster is thought the windscreen gave way, incapacitating the pilots and leaving the pilots unable to send out a distress call.
article_snippet: As with the crash 60 years ago, there are no survivors .
article_snippet: Reports revealed the aircraft had suffered technical issues, including a landing gear problem, a day before the aircraft was due to fly from Barcelona to Dusseldorf.
article_snippet: Urgent safety checks are now being carried out on other A320s - popular with budget airlines - while passengers were left stranded at Heathrow, Stansted and Manchester yesterday after several Germanwings crews refused to work over safety fears..