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A CHILLING HISTORY OF FLIGHT CREWS IN POSSIBLE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
EGYPTAIR FLIGHT 990
On October 31, 1999, an EgyptAir flight crashed into the Atlantic Ocean approximately 30 minutes after leaving John F Kennedy Airport in New York.
The Boeing 767-366 had 14 crew and 203 passengers on board.
The National Transport Safety Board who investigated the disaster blamed the crash on the flight's relief first officer.
Captain Gamil al-Batouti said he would relieve the current pilot - even though he wasn't due on the flight deck for a further three hours.
The co-pilot remained with al-Batouti, but when the co-pilot went for a toilet break, the aircraft went into a steep dive and crashed into the sea, killing everyone on board.
The ****pit flight recorder heard al-Batouti claim in Arabic 'I place my fate in the hands of God' before the aircraft hit the ocean.
El-Batouty even shut down the aircraft's engines, which prevented his co-pilot from saving the aircraft.
According to the NTSB 'the probable cause of the crash of EgyptAir flight 990 was the airplane's departure from normal cruise flight and subsequent impact with the Atlantic Ocean as a result of the relief first officer's flight control inputs.
'The reason for the relief first officer's actions was not determined.'
SILKAIR FLIGHT 185
A Boeing 737 with 97 passengers and seven crew crashed into the Musi River in southern Sumatra, Indonesia, on December 19, 1997.
The NTSB investigated this crash as it involved a US-built aircraft and determined that the jet crashed due the 'direct flight control inputs' of the pilot, probably the captain.
However, in both cases, Egyptian and Indonesian authorities do not accept that either of their pilots would have deliberately crashed their own aircraft.
LAM FLIGHT 470
On November 29, 2013, LAM flight 470 crashed on a scheduled passenger flight between Maputo, Mozambique and Luanda, Angola.
Air crash investigators think the Embraer 190 jet was flown into the ground by the captain after his copilot went to the toilet, killing everyone.
The jet's captain, Herminio dos Santos Fernandes was believed to have had serious personal problems at the time of his death.
When his co-pilot went to the toilet, flight data information recovered from the scene found that Fernandes manually changed the aircraft's altitude from 38,000 feet to almost 600 feet below ground level.
He also pushed the aircraft's throttles back to idle and selected the jet's maximum operating speed.
Chillingly, the ****pit voice recorder picked up the sound of the co-pilot pounding on the door in an attempt to regain access to the flight deck.
FEDERAL EXPRESS FLIGHT 705
Auburn Calloway boarded the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 jet in Memphis, Tennessee on a flight to San Jose, California on April 7, 1994.
He was under investigation by his employers over claims he may have over inflated his flying experience to get a job as a flight engineer.
The former Navy pilot carried a guitar case containing several hammers and a speargun onto the flight.
Once airborne, Calloway entered the flight deck and attacked David Sanders, James Tucker and Andrew Peterson.
Despite suffering grave injuries, the flight crew managed to overpower Calloway and safely land the jet.
Calloway wanted to crash the aircraft so his family could claim the $2.5million life insurance policy.
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Debris from the jet, operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline, was found near Barcelonnette
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CONTROLLERS' ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT PILOTS AFTER RADIO SILENCE
Air traffic controllers made several failed attempts to contact the pilots of the doomed Germanwings plane in the minutes after losing radio communication with the ****pit, an air crash report revealed.
Germany's BILD newspaper published on its website details of the first report about the crash which it claims was submitted by the French to the German government after the disaster.
It states: 'Normal operating conditions for the French air traffic control. All technical systems were in normal operation.'
It corroborates earlier reports that contact with the pilots was lost at 10.31am, adding: 'Germanwings 4U9525 leaves its cruising altitude without informing French air traffic control and starts a descent at an average rate of decline observed by radar... of 3,500 feet per minute'.
Air traffic controllers attempted to establish 'wireless connection on the operating frequency which is not answered' by the ****pit, the report says.
Further attempts are made by radio contact on the international emergency frequency, but there was again no response.
At 10.35am, air traffic controllers 'raise the internationally standardized 'emergency level' (DETRESFA distress phase) and contacts the national headquarters of the French search and rescue service.'
One final and attempt is made to contact the pilots on the international emergency frequency a minute later, but that also fails.
The Germanwings flight disappeared from radar at 10.40am at an altitude of around 6,200ft, the report states.
Two minutes later - at 10.42am - air traffic control informs the national headquarters of the French search and rescue service about the loss of the radar target.
Two military helicopters are sent in the direction of the last known location, but are unable to detect the aircraft's emergency transmitter.
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He added: 'And then there is obviously 9/11, which was for ideological reasons.
'It is almost certainly either ideological or the result of depression. It's too early to say for sure, but the options are narrowing.
'Outside of that, there would have to be significant new information for us to draw a different conclusion. It's a pretty dark thing to have happened.'
****pit recordings recovered from the crash site indicated one of the seats was pushed back and the door opened and closed.
An unnamed military investigator told the New York Times: 'The guy outside is knocking lightly on the door and there is no answer.
'And then he hits the door stronger and no answer. There is never an answer. You can hear he is trying to smash the door down.'
A source told AFP news agency that an alarm indicating the proximity to the ground could be heard before the moment of impact.
The recording has shed new light on the missing eight minutes from 10.31am when air traffic controllers lost contact with the pilots, who failed to send any distress signal.
Details from the first report submitted by the French to the German government revealed that at 10.31am, the 24-year-old Airbus A320 left its assigned altitude and began dropping towards the ground at a speed of 3,500ft per minute, before smashing into a ravine at 6,200ft.
The report said controllers tried three times on an assigned radio frequency to contact the pilots before switching to international emergency channels.
No one answered and a French Mirage fighter jet was scrambled.
The pilots have been the focus of the investigation from the outset, yet Germanwings' parent company Lufthansa refused for 48 hours to release their identities, not even their age or nationalities.
The firm only confirmed that the captain had 6,000 flying hours and been a Germanwings pilot since May 2014, having previously flown for Lufthansa and Condor.
Another aviation expert told AFP: 'If the pilots did not stop the airplane from flying into the mountains, it is because they were unconscious or dead, or they had decided to die, or they were forced to die.'
The ****pit door also has several other safety features in case of a sudden decompression which will cause the door to open.
This could rule out a scenario where the pilot locked the door as a safety precaution because of a structural failure in the ****pit which caused a drop in oxygen levels.
A spokesman for the BEA, France's accident investigation office, would not comment on the revelations last night.
Solving the puzzle: A spokesman for the BEA, France's accident investigation office, confirmed yesterday that voices could be heard on the damaged voice recorder, which covered the flight 'from departure to crash'
Earlier in the day, BEA spokesman Remi Jouty confirmed voices could be heard on the damaged voice recorder, which covered the flight 'from departure to crash'.
But they warned that it could take 'days, weeks and even months' before analysts were able to determine exactly what it being said or what the noises are.
The ****pit voice recorder is designed to store two hours of conversation and withstand impacts of as much as 3,400 times the force of gravity.
The breakthrough in the investigation came as bereaved families began arriving from Spain and Germany near the remote mountainous crash site.
All 150 people on board, including three Britons, died when the Germanwings flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Dusseldorf smashed into the mountains after an eight-minute descent.
The Airbus A320 sent no distress signal and the crew failed to respond to ground control's desperate attempts to make contact.
The ****pit recording showed the pilots speaking normally in German at the start of the flight, the source said, adding that it could not be determined if it was the captain or the first officer who left the ****pit.
In a statement overnight, Germanwings said that 'at the moment, we do not have information from competent authorities to confirm this story.'
'We are doing everything to get the most information possible and we are not engaging in speculation.'
Authorities have said they have no explanation as yet for the tragedy, but said that the plane was still flying when it crashed into the mountain and did not explode mid-air.
On Wednesday, the head of France's BEA crash investigation agency head Remi Jouty told reporters he still had 'not the slightest explanation' for the tragedy at this stage.
'It is inexplicable,' Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr said in Frankfurt.
'The plane was in perfect condition and the two pilots were experienced.'
Investigators are still hunting for the second black box, which would reveal technical flight data.
President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday the casing of this box had been found but not the device itself.
France's interior minister has said the probe is not focusing on a possible terror attack.
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16 TEENAGERS, TWO BABIES AND A FATHER: VICTIMS OF THE FLIGHT
Germanwings chief executive Thomas Winkelmann said those who died came from at least 13 different countries - with 72 German nationals and 49 people from Spain confirmed to have been on passenger lists for the plane.
There has been some confusion over numbers of passengers and countries they are from, because of dual nationalities.
Youngest victim: Seven-month-old Julian Pracz-Bandres, pictured with his mother Marina Bandres, died when the Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the Alps this week
Victims: Paul Andrew Bramley , originally from Hull, Marina Bandres Lopez-Belio , a 37-year-old Spanish woman living in Manchester who was travelling with her seven-month-old son, Julian
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Martyn Matthews, a father-of-two with another child on the way. Mr Matthews, of Wolverhampton, was on business in Barcelona.
Marina Bandrés López-Belio, from Huesca, was travelling with her seven-month-old baby Julian from her uncle's funeral in Zaragoza.
They had been living in Manchester. Ms Lopez-Belio had not been able to fly home direct to Manchester, so had opted for a flight to Dusseldorf.
Paul Andrew Bramley, 28, originally from Hull, was also a passenger on the flight, the Foreign Office confirmed.
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U.S. government contractor Yvonne Selke, 57, and her graduate daughter Emily, of Nokesville, Virginia, were both passengers on the doomed flight.
Yvonne was a long-serving and highly regarded employee of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., while Emily graduated from Drexel University, Philadelphia, in 2013.
Raymond Selke confirmed on Wednesday that his wife and daughter were among the 150 people who died on a Germanwings flight from Spain to Germany the day before.
In a statement, he said: 'Our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of Yvonne and Emily Selke. Two wonderful, caring, amazing people who meant so much to so many. At this difficult time we respectfully ask for privacy and your prayers.'
A third U.S. citizen was also on the crashed plane, but the State Department has yet to release the name of the victim.
Graduate Emily Selke, pictured, has been named as one of the two Americans killed in the crash. Her mother, U.S. government contractor Yvonne Selke, was also on board the doomed Airbus A320
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Class of 16 year 10 pupils from Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium school in west Germany on an exchange trip to Barcelona
Their two Spanish teachers - Sonja Cercek and Stefanie T.
Maria Radner, 34, an opera singer at the Deutsche Oper am Rhine in Dusseldorf. The contralto was travelling with her husband and baby after having performed in Barcelona, with fellow opera singer Oleg Bryjak, who also perished.
Thomas Treppe, a fashion consultant, had been travelling on business when the plane crashed, El Pais reported.
María de Pablo Nuño, a Spanish teacher who had travelled to see her family in Barcelona.
Victims: Opera singer Maria Radner, who was travelling with her baby, and Oleg Bryjak were among those killed in the crash
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Josep Sabaté Casellas, worked for Espirit and was travelling to a business meeting in Germany. He was married with three children and was believed to have a fourth child on the way.
Teacher Pilar Vicente Sebastián, 52, had been on her way to see her two children who were studying in Dusseldorf, according to Levante.
A newly married 23-year-old man from La Llagosta, who got married on Saturday, was travelling with his wife, es reported.
A grandmother, her daughter and grandaughter from Sant Cugat del Vallès in Catalonia were all travelling together on a visit to Dusseldorf, according to the Huffington Post.
Manuel Rives, 52, was a married father of three and representative for the major Spanish trade union in Delphi, reported El Pais. Colleagues were seen carrying his photo, remembering the worker, today.
The newspaper also reported that businessman and amateur rower Carles Masanas Milla was going to a food fair in Cologne.
Ariadna Falguera, 33, wife of a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) party, was confirmed to have been among the passengers, according to El Pais.
Australian victims: Mother and son Carol and Greig Friday, from Victoria, were among the 150 passengers and crew on board Flight 4U 9525
Australia
Mother and son Carol and Greig Friday, of Victoria in Australia.
Belgium
Christian Driessens, 59, a father and grandfather, travelled on planes almost every week for business and was fondly remembered by his family as an avid globetrotter, who loved to travel.
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Opera singer Oleg Bryjak, 54, a baritone, had just performed Richard Wagner's 'Siegfried' at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu.
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Meanwhile, families were heading for a hamlet close to the crash site to say a final farewell to their loved ones, at least 51 of whom were Spaniards and at least 72 Germans.
Helicopters began winching the remains of victims, found scattered across the scree-covered slopes, to nearby Seyne-les-Alpes Wednesday, a source close to the investigation told AFP.
Authorities on the ground who had the gruesome task of sifting through the debris resumed the search at dawn Thursday.
A mountain guide who got near the crash site said he was unable to make out recognisable body parts.
'It's incredible. An Airbus is enormous. When you arrive and there's nothing there... it's very shocking,' said the guide, who did not wish to be identified.
The crash site, which is situated at about 1,500 metres (5,000 feet) altitude, is accessible only by helicopter or an arduous hike on foot.
Mr Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel flew over the site to see the devastation for themselves Wednesday.
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy also visited a crisis centre near the scene.
The plane was carrying six crew and 144 passengers, including 16 German teenagers returning home from a school trip, who had reportedly won the trip in a lottery of their classmates.
It was the deadliest air crash on the French mainland since 1974 when a Turkish Airlines plane crashed, killing 346 people.
Lufthansa said the aircraft was carrying citizens of 18 countries. Three Americans and three Britons were confirmed among the victims.
Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Holland, Israel, Japan, Mexico and Morocco also had nationals on board, according to officials.
Alps disaster jet was so old it needed a major refit: Ageing Airbus A320 plane was less than a year from being grounded for 'life extending' upgrade
From David Williams in London and Christian Gysin in the Alps for the Daily Mail
The ageing Airbus A320 passenger jet which crashed with the loss of 150 lives was less than a year from being grounded for urgent refurbishments, it emerged last night.
Parent company Lufthansa confirmed that the 24-year-old Germanwings jet had not yet received the 'life-extending' upgrade but would have done 'sooner or later'.
The aim of the major revamp – to squeeze an extra five to ten years of service – is to avoid older aircraft suffering from increased risk of stress.
But it raises yet more questions about the longevity and maintenance programmes of the planes known as the 'workhorse' of the skies.
'Inexplicable': Carsten Spohr, head of Lufthansa which owns the budget Germanwings airline, said yesterday it remained 'inexplicable' that a well-serviced aircraft with an experienced crew would fall from the sky
A report by parent company Lufthansa reveals that its fleet of A320 planes reach the end of their natural life when they clock up a total of 60,000 flying hours or 48,000 take-off and landing cycles.
The stricken Flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Dusseldorf had clocked up 58,313 flying hours and 46,748 take-off and landing cycles.
Those having their life-span extended beyond their planned 'retirement' limit have to undergo what is termed a 'heavy maintenance check'.
This involves the plane being stripped down and having every piece of machinery and fuselage inspected from nose to tail, inside and out, with worn-out parts or seals replaced and any signs of wear and rear dealt with. It also includes software upgrades.
Looking for answers: Police, doctors and rescue workers today combed the mountainside in pairs, methodically criss-crossing the terrain. Above, French troopers joined the operation yesterday
As Lufthansa admitted the background to the disaster remained 'inexplicable', it emerged that:
- Investigators were last night studying both the ****pit voice recorder and the damaged
- Sixty seconds of conversation ended abruptly when the pilot of the doomed Germanwings jet broke off contact with French air traffic controllers;
- black box recovered from the scene of devastation in the Alps in the belief they will indicate just went so devastatingly wrong;
- Officials spoke of a crash scene of 'horror', saying: 'The biggest body parts we identified are no bigger than a briefcase.'
- Another official said: 'There were 150 people on board but we have identified less than 14. The others seem to have been vapourised.'
Yesterday France's environment minister Ségolène Royal said the seconds between 10.30am and 10.31am were considered most 'vital' because they covered the moments Flight 4U 9525 reached its cruising height of 38,000ft and the point when the pilot stopped responding to air traffic controllers.
Grim task continues: Officials spoke of a crash scene 'horror' as helicopters scanned the area (pictured)
Carsten Spohr, the head of Lufthansa which owns the budget Germanwings airline, stressed yesterday it remained 'inexplicable' that a well-serviced aircraft with an experienced crew would fall from the sky.
Grim details have also begun to emerge about the scale and complexity of the operation that faces rescuers.
The plane was 'totally destroyed', according to a local member of parliament who flew over the site, describing the scene as 'horrendous'.
'The biggest body parts we identified are not bigger than a briefcase,' one investigator said. More than 300 policemen and 380 firefighters have been mobilised for the grisly task of searching the site.
Scattered: This photograph reveals the scale of the crash site that continues to be searched
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FEARS OF WOLVES AT CRASH SITE
Fears that wolves could prey on the remains of the victims of the crash swept the French internet and websites yesterday amid claims that police were positioned through the night to guard against attack
But although wolves do roam parts of the French Alps, such fears were played down by a leading expert yesterday.
While police are guarding the remote site 24 hours a day and wolves are in the region, the hypothesis was 'unlikely.'
Discounting the animals could be drawn to site by the smell of bodies, Yannick Léonard, responsible for monitoring the wolves in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, said: 'With everyone present on the site plus helicopters, animals will flee and stay away.'
Speaking to a news website, Francetvinfo, he added: 'We must remember that wolves fear man. Also they could have been far from the site at the time of the tragedy. Their territory extends over 200 to 300 km. They could be far, far from the area.'
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Interior Ministry spokesman Paul-Henry Brandet says overnight rain and snow in the crash zone has made the rocky ravine slippery, increasing the difficulty of reaching the steep and remote area.
Police, doctors and rescue workers combed the mountainside in pairs on Wednesday, methodically criss-crossing the terrain.
The commander for the high mountain police in Alpes-Grenoble, Laurent Jaunatre, said identification of the bodies would be a difficult task and that it will 'essentially be done by DNA'.
Brice Robin, the Marseille prosecutor in charge of the investigation, said the process could take weeks and that workers will explain this to the families, who started to gather near the crash site on Wednesday.
More are expected to arrive on specially-chartered planes during the course of Thursday. A counselling unit has been established and a makeshift chapel set up in a gymnasium. Local families have also offered to host the family and friends of victims.
At least three Britons were among those killed, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond revealed on Wednesday.
The Foreign Office named 28-year-old Paul Bramley, originally from Hull, as one of those killed.
Another was earlier identified as Martyn Matthews, a father-of-two and businessman from Wolverhampton.
Marina Bandres, a Spanish-born mother from Manchester, and her seven-month-old baby, Julian, who is a British national, were also among those killed.
Two Americans, U.S. government contractor Yvonne Selke and her graduate daughter Emily of Nokesville, Virginia, were named as among the dead today.
Newlyweds who were married on Saturday in Barcelona are also believed to be among those who lost their lives. The victims are understood to also include 72 Germans and 51 Spaniards.
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'WE CAN'T WAIT TO COME HOME': STUDENTS' TRAGIC FINAL MESSAGES
German schoolchildren on board the ill-fated Germanwings flight had texted friends to say they 'couldn't wait to come home' just moments before the aircraft crashed in the French Alps.
Many of the 16 exchange students had messaged friends after boarding the Airbus A320 to say they missed their families and were bringing friends souvenirs from Spain.
The heartbreaking details of their final texts emerged hours after a picture that showed some of the group with Spanish children who had come to Germany on the first leg of the exchange trip.
Tragic: German schoolgirl Elena Bless, pictured, was on board the ill-fated Germanwings flight. The 16-year-old texted friends to say she missed her family just moments before the aircraft crashed
Among the class from the small town of Haltern am See was 16-year-old Elena Bless, who friends described as a 'happy girl' who dreamed of going to university and travelling the world.
'She had been sending me messages on WhatsApp and Snap Chat and had been very happy about the trip. She had had a good time.' Elena's best friend and classmate Philippa said.
'She sent me pictures of the group together and the different sights they saw. They looked like they had had fun.'
The group of year 10 students from the Josef Konig Gymnasium School were returning from a seven day exchange trip with host families in the village of Llinars del Valles, near Barcelona.
These are some of the German pupils who died on the Germanwings flight. The teenagers had been on a week-long exchange trip to Barcelona and were flying home when the plane crashed
Philippa, who was in the same class as Elena but had opted out of the fateful trip, said: 'Elena enjoyed studying Spanish. She was very happy all the time and had a positive character.
'She wanted to travel the world and go to university. We were excited about them all coming back as they said they had lots of pictures to show us and lots to tell us.'
But just half an hour after taking off from Barcelona, Germanwings Flight FU 9525 crashed in a remote region of the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
Bright future: One friend said Elena, pictured, had plans to travel the world and attend university
The language students from the grammar school and two of their teachers, one of whom was named as Sonja Cercek, were among 72 Germans on the plane.
'Quite a few of them were messaging from the plane saying they were on the flight and couldn't wait to come home. They were saying things like 'we have brought presents for you',' Philippa said.
'They were excited to be coming home to see their friends and said they had missed their families,' the student added.
'Elena and our other friends on the trip had planned things to do on their return. I just can't believe they won't be coming back.'
Elena's mother, Annette Bless, confirmed tonight that her daughter had been one of the children on the plane and added: 'I'm too upset to say anything else.'
Passengers at Dusseldorf Airport reported hearing harrowing screams yesterday after parents who had been waiting to pick up their children were ushered into a private room and told of the crash.
The German students had spent a week with the families of Spanish children who attend the Giola institute in Llinars del Valles to study Spanish.
The tragic group were pictured with the Spanish children in a photo taken in December at a bowling alley when the students had travelled to Germany.
Among the German students were two boys named Fabio and Steffen and 14 girls, including Elena, Lea, Julia, Paula.
Fellow pupil Adina, 16, paid tribute to her close friend 15-year-old Julia yesterday who she described as a 'very funny and happy girl'.
She added: 'Julia and the other students had been very excited about going to Spain to see the Spanish students who had visited last year as they had all become very close.'
A number of language students at the school expressed relief they had chosen to miss the Spanish exchange trip which cost the students their lives in favour of trips to the Netherlands and England.
'Happy girl': Elena, left, had been on a nine-day exchange trip to the Spanish village of of Llinars del Valles
Philippa said: 'I did think that it would have been fun to go there but now this has happened I'm relieved I didn't.'
Describing the moment the news broke at school, she added: 'There was an announcement that the school was closing because of a serious incident.
'We didn't know what it was. When I went outside I saw people were crying and saying there had been a crash but I didn't believe it. I thought it was a nightmare.'
The language students and two of their teachers, one of whom was named as Sonja Cercek, pictured were among 72 Germans on the plane.
Another student Malin, 17, said traumatic scenes unfolded as news began to spread yesterday.
She said: 'A friend sent me an SMS message saying something terrible had happened to the flight. When I got to the school the students were running about of the school in tears, shouting 'Oh my God'. It was terrible. Everyone was in shock.'
The school, which was the focal point for the small town's grief yesterday, was visited by hundreds of students and residents who lit candles and laid flowers.
Ulrich Wessel, principal of the grammar school, was unable to sleep yesterday morning and arrived at the school at 3am to prepare for the students.
He said: 'I couldn't sleep at all. All I could think of doing was coming here to write my assembly for the pupils, to try and find the words to explain what happened to their friends.'
Mayor of the town Bodo Klimpel said: 'You see me stunned and a little without words.
'On Tuesday, a week ago, we sent 16 cheerful young people with two young female colleagues on a trip and what was intended to be a joyous trip, ended in tragedy.
He added: 'At the school is at this moment the husband of one of the two teachers, newly married for less than six month.
'It is a tragedy, it leaves us speechless and we have to learn how to deal with.'
In the special assembly at the school, which received a call of support from the German leader Angela Merkel yesterday, the names of the 18 were read out and a candle was lit for each one.
Outside the school a heartbreakingly poignant sign was placed in front of a growing shine, it read: 'Yesterday we were many. Today we are alone.'
Students gathered at a memorial of flowers and candles in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium secondary school in Haltern am See on Wednesday, paying tribute to their classmates who died
Candles, flowers and cards have been placed on the steps outside the school, following news of the deaths
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