Bodies of Germanwings crash identified, can be repatriated

A Lufthansa shareholder signs a book of condolences for the victims of the Germanwings flight 4U9525, which crashed on March 24, 2015, before the annual shareholders meeting in Hamburg, Germany, April 29, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

PARIS - The bodies of the victims of the Germanwings crash in southern France in March have all been identified and can be sent home, the Marseille prosecutor said in a statement on Tuesday.

"The 150 death certificates have been signed, as well as the permits for burial," the statement said.

The airbus A320, operated by Lufthansa's budget airline Germanwings, crashed while flying from Barcelona, Spain to Duesseldorf, Germany, killing all 144 passengers and six crew members on board.

Analysis of the plane's two black boxes revealed that the German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the aircraft into the southern French Alps after locking his captain out of the cockpit.