The Spanish government has declared three days of mourning after the plane crash in southern France on Tuesday.<br /><br /> The 150 people on board are presumed dead.<br /><br /> Spain’s deputy prime minister, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, has said that 45 of the passengers on the plane have Spanish names.<br /><br /> The Airbus A320, operated by Germanwings, took off from Barcelona, bound for Dusseldorf. <br /><br /> The aircraft crashed in a remote, mountainous area in the Digne region.<br /><br /> The Spanish Upper House of parliament fell silent soon after the news broke.<br /><br /> Another moment of silence is being held in all Spanish public institutions on Wednesday.<br /><br /> It is expected to take weeks to identify the bodies of the victims.<br /><br /> Relatives of those believed to have been on the flight gathered at the Barcelona airport on Tuesday evening.<br /><br /> A crisis centre has been set up there to help them cope with their distress.<br /><br /> Some of the family members were making their way to France – to get close to the remote Alpine area where the plane
