A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on Tuesday with all 148 people on board pronounced dead, in one
of the worst ever plane disasters in the country.
of the worst ever plane disasters in the country.
France’s transport minister said there were “no survivors” from the crash of the Germanwings Airbus A320, reports AFP.
“The
circumstances of the accident, that are not yet clear, make us think
there are not thought to be any survivors,” President Francois Hollande
told reporters.
Airbus
The
plane was travelling from the Spanish coastal city of Barcelona to the
German city of Duesseldorf when it went down in the Barcelonnette area
in southeastern France.
The airliner, which was
carrying 142 passengers and six crew, issued a distress call at 10:47 am
(0947 GMT), civil aviation authorities said.
“The
debris of a passenger plane has been found in the region of
Barcelonette,” said interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet.
He said “major rescue efforts” had been mobilised.
The
plane belonged to Germanwings, a low-cost affiliate of German airline
Lufthansa based in Cologne which had no fatal accidents.
The single-aisle A320 typically seats 150 to 180 people.
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