Crash of an Airbus A320 Germanwings in the Southern Alps
An Airbus A320 German wings company, providing the connection-Dusseldorf Barcelona crashed in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the area of Barcelonnette, according to the European Information 1. Two helicopters gendarmerie confirmed to Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have spotted the device near Prads-Haute-Bléone between Digne-les-Bains and Barcelonnette. This flight had 142 passengers on board, plus two pilots and four flight attendants. The causes of the accident remain to be determined. |
| Airbus A320 |
A narrow crash zone. According to our information, the crash was precisely located, above Prads-Haute-Bléone. The area would be approximately 1 hectare. The carcass of the aircraft was formally identified and debris do not appear scattered, suggesting that the Airbus A320 has not exploded in flight.
"There are no survivors," according to Alain Vidal. "What we know for now is that this plane that was binding Barcelona-Dusseldorf gave a distress signal at 10:47, at a time when he was already a very worrying altitude of 5,000 feet. Then, the plane crashed near the town of Prads. The plane was spotted. It crashed in a place that is inaccessible by road, "detailed the microphone of Europe 1, the Secretary of State for Transport, Alain Vidal. "No one could lead to the aircraft at the time of speaking. Simply, the helicopter flight allowed to see the carcass of the aircraft and some bodies around the plane," t- he said. A witness told Europe 1: "I saw a plane flying a little lower than usual, that's what caught my attention.""Number of probable German victims," according to Holland. "There were 148 people on board, the conditions of the accident are not yet clear suggest that there would be no survivors," lamented François Hollande to 12 hours. "It is likely that there are many German victims," said the head of state, adding that the accident had occurred in a "particularly difficult access area." "If there are dwellings concerned we will know in the coming hours."Fears of Valls, Cazeneuve on site. "We do not of course know the reasons for the crash, of course we are concerned that the 142-150 passengers and navigation personnel are now deceased saw the conditions of the crash," said Prime minsitre Manuel Valls Tuesday. "The interior minister immediately went there and I just asked the activation of the inter ministerial crisis," said the head of government shortly after the announcement of the accident.Place Beauvau has also indicated that triggered the Sater plan to rescue Aero-Terrestrial, implying a strong mobilization of air assets search and rescue.A link-Dusseldorf Barcelona. The apparatus of the low cost airline Lufthansa, took off from Barcelona to 10:01, and had to Dusseldorf, in northern Germany. The plane disappeared from radar screens at about 11:15. Research is currently underway.According to the air traffic monitoring site in real time Flight radar, the plane had flown safely go Tuesday morning. It took off from Dusseldorf at 6:45 to land in Barcelona at 8:55.Holiday Return Germans in Majorca. According to a spokesman for Lufthansa quoted by the Catalan newspaper La Vanguard many passengers were Germans who came to spend a holiday in Majorca. A crisis unit has been set up in Spain, while the relatives of the passengers waiting the arrival of the flight at Dusseldorf Airport were supported.At 11:50 am on Twitter and German German wings company said the crash had learned through the media stating they did not have specific information. The company then referred to its website indicating that it would be constantly updated about the situation. The boss of the German Lufthansa airline group, Carsten Spohr, has meanwhile indicated, again via Twitter "not knowing what had happened." "My deepest sympathy to the families and friends of the passengers and crew. (...) If our fears are confirmed, it is a black day for Lufthansa, we hope to find survivors," wrote the boss on behalf of society. This would be the first crash of a low-cost flight in Europe, said a source at Air France to Europe 1.
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