Paris: A plane, carrying 148 people onboard, crashed in Digne region of Southern France on Tuesday.
There were 142 passengers and six crew members on board. According to reports, the pilot had sent distress signals.
The jet, which belonged to German Wings low-cost airline, an affiliate of German airline Lufthansa, was flying from Düsseldorf to Barcelona. The single-aisle A320 typically seats 150 to 180 people.
A civil aviation official said there had been “a loss of radar of Germanwings flight GWI18G,” which is thought to have been carrying 142 passengers, two pilots and four stewards.
French PM Manuel Valls says he fears 142-150 passengers died in Airbus A320 crash, cause is still unknown.
French President François Hollande said there are likely ‘no survivors’ in Alps crash of passenger plane.
More details are awaited.
