TWO employees from Delphi Diesel Systems have died in the Germanwings crash in the French Alps.

Neither was based at the Stonehouse office.

Staff were told the sad news on Wednesday, March 25.

Speaking to media Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr said this was "the darkest hour" in the company's 60 years.

Germany's main carrier, Lufthansa owns Germanwings, a low-cost airline.

The Airbus 320 from Barcelona was heading to Duesseldorf when, after an eight-minute descent it hit a mountain on Tuesday, March 24.

All 150 passengers and crew on the plane died.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed at least three British citizens were on the plane.

As yet the cause of the crash is unknown but investigators have begun analysing data from the cockpit voice recorder.

Delphi Diesel Systems comes under the umbrella of multinational company, Delphi, a leader in the design and manufacture of fuel injection systems.