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Two Americans Said to be on Board Flight. Leaders of Germany, France and Spain to Visit Site. Amanda Knox Trial in Italy. Aired 10- 10:30a ET

Aired March 25, 2015 - 10:00   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning. I'm Carol Costello. hanks so much for joining me this morning.

[10:00:01] Right now the leaders of Germany, France and Spain are on site for a firsthand look at the wreckage of Germanwings Flight 9525. They are expected to speak moments from now. Of course when they do that, we'll bring it to you live.

In all, at least 15 countries are mourning the loss of their citizens today. Also know we're just finding out investigators are starting body identification but they say that could take days.

Two Americans now confirmed to have been aboard that flight. We don't know their names or where they're from. But we're hoping that information will come into us at any time.

Also, jarring images of the black box that's been recovered. As you can see, the voice flight recorder is badly damaged. The crews hope to have it working within hours. Key in the investigation, the final eight minutes of the flight when that airliner descended more than 30,000 feet for some reason.

Let's begin, though, with the news that those -- that there were two Americans among those killed in the crash.

CNN's Erin McLaughlin is at the staging area. Tell us more.

ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Carol. That's right. The CEO of Germanwings made that announcement in a press conference earlier today that there were two U.S. citizens onboard that ill fated flight. Fifteen nationalities in total among the 150 people that were onboard that plane. Just a short while ago the leaders of some of those countries arriving here at the staging area behind me.