French media are reporting the news this morning.
A Germanwings flight travelling from Barcelona to Dusseldorf has crashed in the French Alps according to reports in the French media this morning.
French newspaper La Provence are reporting that an Airbus 320 crashed into the Southern French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne, with the French interior ministry claiming that debris from the plane has been found in a village nearby at an altitude of 2,000 feet.
Reports claim that 144 passengers and six crew members were on board the aircraft.
Speaking in the aftermath of the crash, French president Francois Hollande said: “The conditions of the accident, which have not yet been clarified, lead us to think there are no survivors.”
The most recent posts from the Germanwings Twitter account claim that they have yet to receive any confirmed information about the crash and the Germanwings website is down at the time of writing.
INFO: We have recently become aware of media reports speculating on an incident though we still do not have any own confirmed information…
— Eurowings (@eurowings) March 24, 2015
… As soon as definite information is available, we shall inform the media immediately …
— Eurowings (@eurowings) March 24, 2015
… Please monitor our website http://t.co/5mVrxAZ08K for periodic updates.
— Eurowings (@eurowings) March 24, 2015
According to Flightradar24 on Twitter, the flight was lost at 9.39am at 6,800 feet.
We get reports about an Germanwings A320 crash. Flight 4U9525 was lost from Flightradar24 at 6800 feet near Digne in southern France.
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 24, 2015
Germanwings flight #4U9525 (registration D-AIPX) was lost from Flightradar24 at 6800 feet at 09.39 UTC time. pic.twitter.com/vZaQMUlLaZ
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 24, 2015
Germanwings A320 D-AIPX is one of the oldest A320 with serial number 0147 and was delivered in Nov 1990#4U9525 pic.twitter.com/SW9ykvWtnW
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 24, 2015
Flight #4U9525 initially climbed to 38,000 feet before before it started to descend and lost signal at 6,800 feet. pic.twitter.com/MthXQ232Hn
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 24, 2015
Flight #4U9525 was descending with a rate of about 3000-4000 feet per minute, which is quite standard for an airport approach.
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 24, 2015
More news on the incident as we get it.
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