Debris cleared from Germanwings crash site
The collection of debris from the site of the Germanwings A320 that crashed in the French Alps last month has finished. Decontamination of the site can now start.
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Between 9 April, when collection began, and 15 April 35 tonnnes of debris were collected, 80 per cent of the total, according to Carsten Hernig, the boss of Germanwings' parent company Lufthansa.
It was scattered over 1.5 hectares on the mountainside into which copilot Andreas Lubitz crashed the plane, apparently deliberately, and has been taken to a warehouse at Seyne-les-Alpes nearby.
An operation to decontaminate the soil, water and vegetation at the site will now begin.
There were four tonnes of kerosene and 95 litres of oil and lubricants aboard the plane, according to the company, but no freight and thus no other dangerous substances
The identification of the remains of the victims through their DNA was continuing on Tuesday.
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