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Second black box found from Germanwings plane.

The second black box containing the flight instrument recorder from the Germanwings plane that crashed last week in the French Alps has been found; authorities now hope to learn more details about the crash. A voice recorder has already been found and suggests that the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, acted deliberately, causing the crash of the Airbus A320 that was flying the Barcelona-Düsseldorf route. 148 people died in the accident. 

At the same time that rescue teams resumed this morning the search operations for the wreckage of the Germanwings plane, which crashed Tuesday in the French Alps, the Minister of the Interior, Bernard Cazeneuve, confirmed that, although damaged, it is (Photo: Paulo Emílio)

Brazil Agency - The second black box containing the flight instrument recorder from the Germanwings plane that crashed last week in the French Alps was found today (2), investigators announced.

With the second black box, authorities hope to learn more details about the plane crash. The voice recorder has already been found and suggests that the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, acted deliberately, causing the crash of the Airbus A320 that was flying the Barcelona-Düsseldorf route.

There were 142 passengers and six crew members on board the Germanwings plane, a subsidiary of Lufthansa. All died in the accident, which occurred on March 24th.