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Germanwings crash video must be delivered to investigators.
Media Legend The latest images of the area of ​​the accident site was released by the French authorities.
A senior investigator in the crash Germanwings called for everyone with images of the disaster to hand it to the authorities.
French prosecutor Brice Robin said he did not know a video, reported by German and French media, showing the last seconds before the crash.



Bild and Paris Match said on Tuesday they had cell phone images inside the plane.
Airline bosses spoke of their regret during a visit on Wednesday accident site.
Their statement comes amid mounting questions about how the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz employers were aware of his mental health after it emerged that he had disclosed a previous battle with severe depression.
A recording from the aircraft cockpit suggests Lubitz, 27, deliberately caused the disaster, killing all 150 on board.
M. Robin said investigators are still examining mobile phones found on the site of the accident, and he had no knowledge of phone images have been recovered.



German newspaper Bild and the French magazine Paris Match news said they had obtained a video that recorded the sound of the passengers screaming and the sound of a metal object that strikes the cockpit door.
Image copyright Reuters Image Caption mobile phones found on the site of the accident has not yet been analyzed, officials say.
Everyone with images must return immediately to investigators, AFP news agency quoted the French prosecutor as saying on Wednesday.
Thomas Winkelmann, CEO of Germanwings and Carsten Spohr, head of the parent company Lufthansa, visited Seyne-les-Alpes on Wednesday to inspect recovery operations based there.
Lufthansa boss said it would take a long time for investigators to determine the cause of the accident, and said we are sorry about the disaster.
Media Legend There were angry scenes journalists when leaders have refused to answer questions.



Thanking the rescuers and local residents, M. Spohr said everybody knows Lufthansa how this work was We are very grateful.
We know the burden that has been put in this area, where nothing is more.
We will do everything possible to turn this place into a place of mourning for the victims' relatives, and restore this beautiful country.
They laid a wreath at a war memorial, but declined to answer questions from reporters about the investigation.
M. Spohr had already said that Lufthansa was not aware of anything that could have led the copilot crash of the Airbus A320.
Image copyright Miscellaneous Image Caption The faces of some of the passengers aboard the Airbus 320.



18 countries on board, although most were in Spanish or German.
Sixteen students and two teachers, school Joseph Koenig in Haltern, West Germany, traveling to a Spanish exchange trip.
Marina Bandres Belio-Lopez, a Spanish filmmaker living in Manchester, was traveling back from a funeral with her son seven months Pracz-Julian Bandres.
Opera singer Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak had been performing in Barcelona Radner's husband and the baby were also on the plane.
German media named the captain of the flight as Patrick Sonderheimer is believed that he went to the bathroom shortly after takeoff, leaving co-pilot Lubitz in charge of the aircraft.
The plane came down on March 24 as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, killing all 150 people on board were among the dead babies, exchange students, two opera singers and journalists football.


A memorial service to be held later Wednesday in Haltern, Germany, for the 16 exchange students and their two teachers who died.
None of the victims was found intact after the impact of 700kph 430 mph from the plane, but different DNA strands have been identified on the site The teams are still looking for a second flight recorder.
Lufthansa said Tuesday it had set aside 300 280m; 200m to meet the potential costs of the accident as investigators from the French Air Force said they were studying the systemic weaknesses that could lead to disaster.
Image copyright Getty Images Image Caption Andreas Lubitz left no letter, investigators say.



Training started in 2008, the Lufthansa flight school in Bremen and Arizona.
We took a break from flight school and sent information about a depressive episode instructors in 2009.
Subsequently passed all medical and finally got his license tests.
Working as co-pilot or first officer, since 2013 Appeared satisfied with his work.
Lived in the town of Montabaur, near Frankfurt, would with his relatives Kept an apartment in Düsseldorf and had many friends.



Facebook profile suggests that the active lifestyle of a lively runner, with an interest in pop music.








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