A helicopter participates in rescue efforts on March 24, 2015 in the southeastern French town of Seyne after a German Airbus A320 of the low-cost carrier Germanwings crashed, killing all 150 people on board.Getty Images/Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP
French rescue crews have located the downed Germanwings A320’s black box recorder, a critical piece of equipment that could shed light on what led to the plane crashing Tuesday in southern France with 150 people aboard. The airliner, whose debris was discovered in a remote, snowy region of the French Alps, crashed Tuesday shortly after takeoff in route from Barcelona to Düsseldorf.
"A black box that we found a few hours after the crash will immediately be examined to help the investigation move forward quickly," French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters Tuesday.
