Sobbing family members bearing flowers went to a shipyard today to identify the bodies of 15 people who plunged to their deaths when a crowded gangway leading to the luxury liner Queen Mary 2 suddenly collapsed.

Flags flew at half-mast throughout St Nazaire in France today as the industrial port city mourned the deaths of 15 people killed when a crowded gangway leading to the docked luxury ship Queen Mary 2 suddenly collapsed.