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.
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