Germanwings plane crash: Investigators reveal they have received body parts but not a single intact body

 

Investigators at the Germanwings crash site revealed they have retrieved more than 400 body parts belonging to the disaster's 150 victims - but have not found an intact body.

Police have now asked friends and families of the deceased to provide DNA samples as they start the grim task of identifying those who died in the crash.

Items with vital traces of DNA, such as toothbrushes and jewellery, were given to experts at a laboratory understood to have been set up in the Barcelona hotel where some victims' families are staying.

Meanwhile, photographs emerged of forensic officers testing samples at a mobile laboratory in Seyne-les-Alpes - the nearest town to the crash site.

Families are also being asked if they can remember what clothes their loved ones were wearing when they boarded the ill-fated flight, in the hope the details could help with the investigation.

They have also been asked about any distinctive marks, such as tattoos.