article_snippet: Helicopters have airlifted some victims' remains from the site of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps, the Gendarmerie said Wednesday, according to CNN affiliate France 2.
article_snippet: Investigators scoured dangerous terrain in the French Alps as Investigators searched for clues in the wreckage.
article_snippet: Workers dropped to the crash site from helicopters, Jouty said, and had to be tied together because the steep area in the mountains is so treacherous.
article_snippet: Special Lufthansa flights will take relatives and friends of victims to southern France on Thursday, so Special Lufthansa flights can be near the search scene, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said.
article_snippet: We owe that to the families.
article_snippet: There were 150 people from 18 countries on board.
article_snippet: Mother, daughter from Virginia among the victims .
article_snippet: Teams have begun the daunting task of identifying the victims bodies, but caution that it could take time to complete.
article_snippet: FBI agents based in France, Germany and Spain are looking through intelligence sources and cross referencing the passenger manifest of Germanwings Flight 9525, two senior law enforcement officials said.