Plane dropped from 38,000 feet without a distress call

There was a Germanwings flight that crashed into a remote corner of the French Alps, killing all 150 members that were on board. They have discovered the cockpit voice recorder which has raised hopes that they might be able to find the data they are looking for. So far, the conditions during these recovery times have been very poor and have to be very careful around the scene of the crash. The site of the crash is far from accessible on top of everything.There are many strange factors about this crash. When the plane was flying there was no distress call saying they needed help. Also, the plane crashed during mid-flight of their route.The plane dropped from 38,000 feet up in the air. The French minister said, rescuers have found one of the "black boxes" which is created to record all the sounds on a plane's flight deck. An official from BEA, stated that they are working on opening up the orange casing to try to access the computer chips. If the computer chips are not damaged they will be able to access all of the data. They are working hard on mapping the debris of the crash so they can figure out how this crash happened. Cazeneuve told BFMTV: "We cannot completely rule out terrorism, but it is not considered the most likely explanation at the moment. We need to let the investigation do its work." It is noted that the plane started descending around 10:31 a.m. and crashed around 10:53 a.m. They are currently working on figuring out all of the names of the victims that died from this terrible crash. 

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/25/europe/germanwings-crash-main/index.html

Ukraine rebels take 'piecemeal' approach to ceasefire

On March 2nd, the US Secretary of State John Kerry, accused Russia of a 'piecemeal' approach to the ceasefire agreement for Ukraine. John Kerry stated that the rebels were withdrawing heavy weapons from selective areas. The Ukraine and the rebels both stated that they were going to withdraw weapons with the agreement that was made in Minsk last month. People have been monitoring and saw some weapons being moved but no one can claim it is a withdrawal. John Kerry warned Russia that if the ceasefire conditions were not met fully, they could face further sanctions. Kerry is positive that the truce will be met in full. There has been a fight between eastern Donetsk and Luhansk from last April. The report that was released stated that about 6,000 lives have been taken in the past few weeks and the number could rise dramatically. There have been reports from the Ukraine government, Western leaders, and NATO that state that Russia has been helping the rebels with weapons and even soldiers. Sergei Lavrov states that weapons have been moved from the front line for sure. The Russian FM told Ukraine government to create distance from any extremists and to promote economic recovery to certain areas. There was a heinous crime which was the murder of a Russian opposition politician. Finally, Kerry accused the Kremlin of bad behavior due to the support they were giving the pro-Russian fighters. There is still violence going on today in the eastern part of the country.

"Kerry to Tackle Lavrov on Ukraine." BBC News. Web. 2 Mar. 2015. <http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31688940>.