An Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne, French aviation officials and police have said.<\/p>\n
The jet belongs to the German airline Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa.<\/p>\n
The plane had reportedly been en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf and was carrying 142 passengers and six crew.<\/p>\n
French President Francois Hollande said: “The conditions of the accident, which have not yet been clarified, lead us to think there are no survivors.”<\/p>\n
Mr Hollande said the crash was a tragedy and called for solidarity with the victims, adding that the area of the crash was very difficult to access.<\/p>\n
The plane had issued a distress call at 10:47 (09:47 GMT), according to sources quoted by AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he had sent Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to the scene and a ministerial crisis cell to co-ordinate the incident had been set up.<\/p>\n
Both Airbus and Germanwings have said they are aware of the reports but cannot yet confirm them.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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