Sixteen German school children were feared dead in the crash of a passenger jet over the French Alps on Tuesday, the mayor of a Spanish town that hosted them as exchange students said.
"There were 16 children and two teachers who had spent a week here. The children were aged about 15" and left to catch the flight on Tuesday morning, Marti Pujol, mayor of the village of Llinars de Valles near Barcelona, told AFP.