A number of pilots at German low-cost airline Germanwings refused to fly on Wednesday following the deadly crash in the French Alps, saying they were mourning the victims of the doomed aircraft. A spokeswoman for Germanwings’ parent company, German flag carrier lufthansa, said that “lufthansa flights are going ahead as planned. One Germanwings flight has been cancelled because pilots don’t feel they are in a position to fly.”
The flight cancelled was the connection from the western German city of Duesseldorf to Barcelona. The Airbus that crashed on Tuesday killing all 144 passengers and six crew was travelling to Duesseldorf from Barcelona. Meanwhile, a probe into the accident was launched on Wednesday. The leaders of Germany, Spain and France visited the crash site.