Wolverhampton father killed in Germanwings tragedy to be returned home

The remains of the British ­victims of the Germanwings plane crash are finally ready to be ­returned to their families, airline bosses have confirmed.

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Father-of-two Martyn Matthews, 50, from Bushbury, Wolverhampton, was among 150 killed when co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, 27, deliberately flew a jet into a mountain in the French Alps.

Following a 10-week search, each family will now receive a coffin after the horrific task of recovering remains from the wreckage of the disaster.

The budget airline has pledged to deliver every ­victim's coffin in the next few weeks, after claims of a mix-up with some of the death certificates.

Mr Matthews, who worked a senior quality manager at HUF in Tipton, student Paul Bramley, 28, from Hull, and ­baby Julian Pracz-Bandres, who was travelling with his Spanish-born mother Marina, were ­identified through DNA.