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ALERT 2 Iranian journalists among dead in Germanwings crash, Iranian foreign ministry says; 2 other collegues say they were set to travel on flight but made last-minute changes to plans – @guardian

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ALERT State Department says a 3rd American was on board Germanwings Flilght 4U9525 – @Reuters

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ALERT No explosion aboard Germanwings flight, French aviation official says, and 'we are not ruling out any hypothesis' as to why it descended into mountain – @NBCNews

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ALERT French air accident investigator BEA says pattern of Germanwings wreckage not consistent with mid-air explosion – @Reuters

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NEWS Touchdown! Dream Chaser to land at Ellington Field Spaceport

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems and the Houston Airport System announce a new follow-on agreement to utilize Ellington Airport’s Spaceport as a future landing site for SNC’s Uncrewed Dream Chaser® spacecraft – SNC’s solution for NASA’s Cargo Resupply needs and other critical space operations. Link

ALERT Investigators say final message from Germanwings flight was routine; analysis of any usable material could take days – @BBCBreaking

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NEWS LAX. IAD. ARN. WTF? The strange stories behind airports’ three-letter abbreviations.

When booking flights online, knowing your local airport’s code can come in handy. There’s 3,000 miles’ difference between BUR (Burbank, California) and BTV (Burlington, Vermont). And you probably don’t want to end up in Venezuela just in time for Oktoberfest (Munich’s code is MUC, not MUN). Link

ALERT French air accident investigator BEA says it has extracted recordings from Germanwings flight's cockpit voice recorder – @Reuters

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NEW VIDEO of #Germanwings #4U9525 crash site from French Interior Ministry

UPDATE #4U9525 French Presidency releases photo of Hollande and Merkel inside helicopter with above crash site

Le président @fhollande et la chancelière Angela Merkel sont arrivés à Seyne-les-Alpes où sont basés les secours pic.twitter.com/algHuJm9DS — Élysée (@Elysee) 25 Mars 2015

UPDATE #Germanwings #4U9525 French Interior Minister releases new High Res photos of the crash site