Nearly 150 on Board Airbus A320 That Crashed in Southern France: Reports

[Anees]

NEW DELHI: A plane has crashed in Southern France, according to news agency Reuters.

Police and civil aviation officials said an Airbus 320 had crashed.

There were 142 passengers and six crew members on board, said Reuters.

More details are awaited.

 

[Star Wars]

WTF is going on !!

A320 passenger jet crashes in Southern France - reports — RT News

An Airbus A320 with 142 passengers and six crewmembers has crashed in Digne region, southern France, media reports say. The jet, which belonged to Germanwings low-cost airline, was flying from Barcelona to Düsseldorf.

The plane crash in the French Alps was confirmed by General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The jet crashed in the Upper Bléone Valley, Le Provence wrote. Emergency services are currently heading to the disaster zone.

9:30 UTC - 38,000 ft, descent begins just coming past Marseille
9:41 UTC - Aircraft is at 6800 ft over the alps, telemetry ceases

D-AIPX - Germanwings - Aircraft info and flight history - Flightradar24

THe plane start loosing altitude in minutes and crashes into the alps

 

[root]

RIP very sorry to hear.It seems like flying is becoming unsafe a lot of crashes happening lately. Lets hope God give patience to the families of deceased who suffered loss.

 

[Manindra]

R.i.p.

 

[WAJsal]

RIP .
Airbus A320 plane crash: Germanwings flight down in French Alps with 148 feared dead

Plane was travelling between Barcelona and Dusseldorf
An Airbus A320 operated by the Germanwings airline has crashed in southern France, President Francois Hollande said.

The plane was travelling between Barcelona and Dusseldorf when it came down in the French Alps around 100 miles north of Nice, according to officials.

Mr Hollande said the site of the crash was "a very difficult area to access", and said that there were not expected to be any survivors.

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While the plane was believed to have a capacity of 174, Le Monde and local newspapers cited aviation officials as saying that 142 passengers and six crew were on board at the time.

French officials said that flight number 4U 9525 vanished from radar screens about 80 minutes after take-off, and that suspected items of debris had been found near the small town of Barcelonnette in the Alpes-de-Hautes-Provences.

Screengrab from the flight tracking website Flightaware, appearing to show the path of the Barcelona-Dusseldorf flightSpeaking on BFM TV, French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said debris was found at an altitude of around 2,000 metres, and that the remoteness of the area meant "an extremely long and difficult" search operation was to be expected.

Mr Hollande said there were likely to be a number of German nationals on board the flight, and that he would be speaking shortly with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.

"This is a tragedy on our soil," Mr Hollande said.

The French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, said that details of the reported crash remained unclear and that interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve was heading to the region.

Germanwings is a low-budget subsidiary of Lufthansa, and in a statement the parent airline said it still "hopes to find survivors".

CEO Carsten Spohr said: "We do not yet know what has happened to flight 4U 9525. My deepest sympathy goes to the families and friends of our passengers and crew on 4U 9525. If our fears are confirmed, this is a dark day for Lufthansa."

On Twitter, Germanwings said it was still working to confirm the incident through its "own information".

... Please monitor our websitehttp://t.co/5mVrxAZ08K for periodic updates.

— Germanwings (@germanwings) March 24, 2015
It said it had "recently become aware of media reports speculating on an incident".

The airline requested the public "monitor our website" and said it would provide information as soon as it was available, though the website appeared to be down in the immediate aftermath of the first reports.

Airbus told the Associated Press it was aware of reports of the crash but was unable to confirm any details.

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[Armstrong]

RIP !

 

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[opruh]

RIP to all the victims.

 

[Viny]

May the families have courage to bare the tragic loss. And those who have left for heavenly adobe find peace.

 

[Edison Chen]

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Rest in peaces

 

[Gabriel92]

RIP,i don't know what to say.

picture from a helicopter sent to the Germanwings Alps plane crash site shows how remote the area is

 

[SrNair]

RIP

 

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[Koovie]

My deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of the deceased ones