Germanwings confirmed the refusal of the flight crews after the collapse of the A320 – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, March 25 – RIA Novosti. The airline Germanwings has officially confirmed the cancellation of several flights in Germany after the tragedy of the Airbus A320 in the south-east of France.

Earlier, Bild newspaper reported with reference to the representative of the airline Lufthansa (Germanwings – its subsidiary) that Germanwings Tuesday canceled 30 flights. As the representative of Lufthansa, crews refused to go to work for personal reasons.

“Following the tragic incident on Tuesday Germanwings reports emerged in the route network failures. This happened for the reason that crews have decided not to operate the aircraft after reports about the incident with the aircraft Germanwings, which was carrying 144 passengers and six crew members, “- said in a statement on the company’s website. However, the exact number of canceled flights are not reported.

“We understand their decision,” – presented in the statement of the word CEO Thomas Winkelmann.

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Earlier, Spiegel magazine reported that the airliner Airbus A320, crashed on the eve were reported technical problems. Perhaps that is why, the newspaper notes, several other crews Airbus A320 aircraft the company refused to comply with Germanwings flights.

Airbus A320 budget airline Germanwings, en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, Tuesday afternoon crashed in a remote region of the French Alps in the south-east of France. In the crash, according to the latest figures, killed 150 people. French President said earlier that among the passengers were citizens of Germany, Spain and Turkey.

In turn, the Spanish newspaper ABC, citing its sources in the Barcelona El Prat airport later reported that on board the crashed A320 were also two Argentines, a US citizen, Colombian, Mexican, Belgian and Moroccan. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, in turn, said that among the passengers were two Australian citizens. Danish newspaper Politiken, citing sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark reported that on board the airliner was a Dane.

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