All 150 People On Board killed As German Airliner Crashed In French Alps
24 March, Paris
A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps today, killing all 150 people on board.
The Airbus A-320 belonging to GermanWings, an affiliate of German airline Lufthansa, was travelling from the Spanish coastal city of Barcelona to the German city of Duesseldorf when it went down. France’s junior transport minister said there were “no survivors” from the crash.
A French police helicopter dispatched to the site of the crash reported spotting debris in a mountain range known as “Les Trois Eveches,”.
Civil aviation authorities said they lost contact with the plane, which was carrying 144 passengers and six crew, and declared it was in distress at 1500 IST.
French President Francois Hollande said the plane crashed in an area very difficult to access and rescuers would not be able to reach the site for several hours. Germanwings did not immediately comment on what caused the disaster.
Spanish King Felipe VI cut short his state visit to France on news of the tragedy, with a number of Spanish nationals believed to be among the dead along with Germans and possibly Turks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said crash of the Germanwings flight is extremely unfortunate. In a tweet, Modi said India shares the sorrow and pain of the families of those on board