{"id":101852,"date":"2015-03-24T11:29:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T11:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=101852"},"modified":"2015-03-24T12:07:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T12:07:26","slug":"passenger-plane-crashes-in-southern-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/passenger-plane-crashes-in-southern-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger plane crashes in Southern France"},"content":{"rendered":"
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":"
An Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne, French aviation officials and police have said. The jet belongs to the German airline Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa. The plane had reportedly been en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf and was carrying 142 passengers and six crew. French President Francois […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":101854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[38,14],"yoast_head":"\n