Germanwings Flight Airbus A320 Crashes In Southern France 148 Feared Dead

A passenger plane for an airline Germanwings flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf has crashed in a remote and mountainous area of southern France.

Reports says the Airbus A320 processing the flight for Lufthansa’s low-cost arm, Germanwings, crashed near the small mountain village of Barcelona in the southern Alps. Although,reports revealed that a distress call was made at about 10.47am then suddenly disappeared off the radar at around 11.20am

It is also reported that at least 142 passengers and six crew members were on board the flight approximately 148 persons. According to Spanish airport operator, Spanish nationals were on board the plane but they would not say the numbers. On the other hand a spokesman representing France interior ministry said the passenger manifest was being verified.

The plane crashed at 2,000 metres altitude in the Alps, in the commune of Meolans-Revels. Gilles Gravier, president of Tourism in the Val d’Allos ski resort area, said nothing of the crash had been heard from the pistes in his village. He said 400 gendarmes, firefighters and emergency search and rescue personnel had been mobilized but the zone was “extremely difficult” to get to.