Mobile Phones Found In Plane Crash Debris

The news comes as the German government announces it will review aviation safety including checks on pilots' mental health.

Investigators say they have found mobile phones amongst the debris of the German passenger jet that crashed in the French Alps.

However, the devices have so far not produced any clues about what happened when the Germanwings A320 went down, killing all 150 people on board.

Lt. Col Jean-Marc Menichini said the phones had yet to be fully examined, but declined to elaborate.

Earlier this week French magazine Paris-Match and German tabloid Bild reported they had seen a video of the final moments of the flight recorded on a mobile phone.

Paris Match, which has not published the video, reported: "The sounds of the screaming passengers made it perfectly clear that they were aware of what was about to happen to them."

A lead investigator into the crash later called on anyone with footage of the disaster to hand it over to authorities.

Special mountain troops are continuing to searching the area for personal belongings and the second black box flight recorder.

Investigators believe the 27-year-old co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately steered the plane into the mountainside after locking the pilot out of the cockpit.

It has also emerged Lubitz had been treated for suicidal tendenciesbefore he got his pilot's licence and had torn up sick notes.

Germany is to set up a task force to examine safety issues such as the cockpit door mechanism and medical testing for pilots.

It follows a meeting between Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt and the German Aviation Association, which represents airlines.

Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr said on Wednesday it will take a "long time" to establish the events that led to the crash.

"We are learning more every day about the causes of the accident," he said in a statement near the crash site.

He refused to answer questions on what Lufthansa knew about Lubitz's mental health.

On Tuesday French President Francois Hollande said all 150 victims will be identified by the end of the week.

This contradicted an earlier report in Bild that said relatives may have to wait months for this to happen, with no guarantees they will all be found.

The violence with which the Airbus smashed into the French Alps last week has severely hampered the identification of the remains of those on board.

Flight 4U 9525 was on its way from Barcelona to Dusseldorf when it came down. So far not a single body has been found intact.