Minute of silence in the French Alps for victims of Flight Germanwings – Terra Colombia

Families and friends of the 150 people killed in the tragedy of flight Germanwings airline a year ago just kept today a minute of silence in the village of Le Vernet, in the French Alps, the closest to the scene .

At 10.41 local time (09.41 GMT), when they saw the impact of the plane against an Alpine hillside, displaced families south of France for the tribute began the tribute accompanied by residents of the small village of Le Vernet, who already showed their solidarity during the days after the disaster.

More than a dozen buses moved families from Marseille (south of France), where yesterday a commemoration was held to Le Vernet, but ultimately only about eighty people can approach walk to the exact location of the collision, through a forest road in poor condition by the recent rains.

There is expected to deposit a wreath in memory of those killed in the collision caused intentionally by the copilot of the airplane, the German Andreas Lubitz, who led the unit to land behind locked into the cockpit.

It is expected that about 19.00 local time (18.00 GMT) the relatives of the victims, mostly German and Spanish, return to Marseille and from there back to their countries.

The relatives of the victims specifically asked that no pictures of the act of homage taken, as detailed this week at a press conference the prefect of the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Bernard Guérin.

On the eve of the first anniversary, Barcelona’s El Prat airport yesterday was the scene of another tribute in which the president of the Spanish caretaker government, Mariano Rajoy, participated and the the Catalan Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont.

At the same event, the association of victims of Flight 9525 GWI urged to avoid “accidents recurrence of this kind improving security measures which unfortunately failed.”

In Dusseldorf (Germany) is now also planned placement of a commemorative plaque.

After the accident, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EFSA) recommended the permanent presence of two members of luggage in the cabin.

The recommendations of the final report on security of the French agency responsible for the investigation, disseminated last March 13, focused on strengthening the health monitoring of the pilots.

Among other points, the Office of Research and Analysis of France (BEA) called for a medical follow those pilots with psychological or psychiatric history is required as it reaches a “better balance “between maintaining medical confidentiality and public safety.