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エアバスA320は、南のフランスのディーニュエリアに降りて来たと信じられます。
フランスの大統領フランソワオランドは衝突を確認し、そこで、彼が、「無生存者」であることを予定すると言いました。
リポートは、ボードに144人の乗客および6人のクルーがいたことを示唆します。
10時52分はそうです
ボードの148人の人々を持つ高山の飛行機墜落事故
リポートによると、南のフランスにはエアバスA320飛行機がボードの148人の人々と砕けました。
ルフトハンザのGermanwingsは、バルセロナからDuesseldorfに途中でクラッシュした航空会社を割り当てて、警察と飛行役員は言いました。
ローカルなLaプロバンス新聞は、エアバスA320が、142人の乗客、2人のパイロット、および4人のキャビンクルーを運んでいると言いました。
Germanwingsは言いました。彼らはメディアリポートけれども持ちに気づいていました この時の無より一層の情報 。
それらが起こると、私達はすべての最新のアップデートをあなたに持って来ます。
10時57分はそうです
Germanwings『衝突を確認しませんでした』
Germanwings〈関係する航空会社〉は、それが衝突を確認しなかったけれども、メディアリポートに気づいていると言うためにたった今ツイートしたところです。
航空会社は、人々に、情報のためのそれらのウェブサイトを監視するために行くように頼みます。
Germanwingsスポークスマンは言いました：「私達は、最近、私達が、まだ、少しの自身の確認された情報も持っていないけれども、出来事を思索しているメディアリポートに気づきました。
「明確な情報が入手可能であるとすぐに、私達は直ちにメディアに知らせましょう。」
11時01分はそうです
フライト4U9525の最後の既知のポジション
フライト4U9525は8.35am現地時間にバルセロナを出発し、デュッセルドルフの10.55amに上陸する予定でした。
それは、この前、ポジションが南のフランス、アルプスの上にディーニュ-les-ベインズとBarcelonetteの間の馬高級-Bleoneの近くにあったと知っていました。
ここにはフライト監視ウェブサイトフライトレーダーを経たイメージがあります。
11時05分はそうです
『がれきはフランスの村の近くで見つけました』
破損された飛行機のがれきはすでに見つけられて、報告し、提案します。
フランスの警察はヘリコプターを空中に持ち、グラウンドのエリアと役員を捜します。
11時08分はそうです
フランスの総理大臣『最高150人の人々への』は『死んでいて恐れました』
Google
フランスの総理大臣マヌエルVallsは、彼が、142人から150人までの人々が、ボードにいて、死んでいて恐れると理解していると言いました。
「原因は現在の未知にあります」と、彼はレポーターに言いました。
DGAC飛行権限のスポークスマンは、 ニースのフランスリビエラ都市の約65マイル北のBarcelonnetteの町の近くで破損された飛行機を言いました。
破損されたA320は、24歳であり、親でした オンライン・データベースairfleets.netによる1991年以来のルフトハンザグループ
11時14分はそうです
『無生存者』-フランスの大統領オランド
スカイ・ニュース
フランス大統領はちょうどテレビについて話すところで、彼は、衝突に続いている「無生存者」があると確認しました。
フランソワオランドは、近くでGermanwings飛行機がフランスアルプスのディーニュに墜落し、犠牲者と彼の「団結」を表現したと確認しました。
それは理解されて 10.47am現地時間に緊急事態と宣言される飛行機 、380フィートから5000フィートまで下降します。
11時17分はそうです
フランス内部大臣バーナードCazeneuve『途中で衝突の場面への』
フランス内部大臣は悲劇の場面への途中でいます。
バーナードCazeneuveが、今年早くパリでのチャーリーHebdo虐殺を扱って重く巻き込まれたシニアの数値。
11時21分はそうです
『私の心臓はファミリーに外に出ます』-副午後のニッククレッグ
副総理大臣ニッククレッグは言いました：「私の心臓は、アルプスのこの破壊的な航空機墜落事故において命を失ったようなそれらの人々のファミリーと友人に外に出ます。
「それは、本当にそれらのうちのすべてのための最も多くの外傷の時間であるにちがいなく、私の考えはちょうど今それらにあります。」
11時34分はそうです
『事故現場で見えて喫煙してください』-目撃者
サイトの近くのスキーヤーは、場面の上で煙がうねるのを見ることができますと、証人は言います。
現在ローカルな部門からの約80人の消防士が、衝突に進んでいます。
11時42分はそうです
『村ジムの緊急事態死体公示所に持って行かれる体』
言及されるように、すでに事故現場で進行中の莫大な救急サービス操作があります。
それは理解されて 村ジム 、体が回復される時には、死体公示所として使われるように準備されています。
フランス大統領は、生存者が全然予期されないと言いました。
11時44分はそうです
『ルフトハンザのための暗い日』-航空会社の取締役会長
サムポリット／Alamy
Germanwingは、会社の取締役会長が取締役会のそれらのファミリーによって彼の同情を表現したルフトハンザと今日により所有されています。
Carstenシュポアは言いました：「私達は、まだ、何がフライト4原子質量単位9525に起こったかを知りません。私の最も深い同情は、私達の乗客のファミリーおよび4原子質量単位9525の友人とクルーに行きます。
「もし私達の恐怖が確認されるならば、これはルフトハンザのための暗い日です。私達は、生存者を見つけることを望みます。」
11時50分はそうです
『デュッセルドルフ空港で私的なエリアに持って行かれた親族』
フライトがデュッセルドルフに到着することを待っている親族は、私的なエリアに持って行かれて、ドイツのプレスは報告しています。
緊急事態牧師は入手可能にされました。
それは事故現場と信じられます 高度2,000メートルである 。
下は、伝えられるところではデュッセルドルフ空港で到着ボードを示しているツイートです。
11時52分はそうです
『私達の考えは、影響されたそれらにあります』-エアバス
エアバスはたった今今日の悲劇のステートメントをツイートしたところです。
会社は言います。可能であるとすぐにそれがより一層の情報を提供すること、および影響されたそれらへのその考えのパス。
事故現場の山地の性質のため、フランス内部大臣は、彼が、回収作業が「極めて長い間および極めて難しい」であることを期待していると言いました。
11時59分はそうです
飛行機は正確に飛びました 同じルート 昨日
フライトによる表情はAirLive.netショーによって木を伐採し、フライト4U9525は昨日デュッセルドルフに正確同じルートをバルセロナから取り去りました。
リポートは、飛行機が道路から近づき難い「裂け目」に降りて来たことを示唆します。
スペインのプレスは、フライトに乗って42人のスペイン人がいたと報告しています。
12時08分pm
『ヘリコプターを経てアクセス可能であるだけの事故現場』
飛行機は、スキー再スポーツの近くで非常にリモートのエリアに降りて来たようです。
Germanwingsは今日3pmの時に記者会見をスケジューリングしました。
スペイン大統領Mariano Rajoyはたった今「悲劇」についてツイートしたところです。
「アルプスの航空事故に狼狽します。悲劇。私達はフランス人と働き、調査におけるドイツの当局、"彼は書きました。
12時19分pm
事故現場に最も近いスキーリゾートFoux d'Allos
私達はスキーリゾートFoux d'allosが事故現場に最も近いと理解しています。
それは、Barcelonnetteからの約27km、プロバンスの小さい町です。
12時30分pm
『飛行機はちょうど9分で下降しました』
9分より多く、リポートの少量のGermanwingsフライト下降約38,000ftから8,000ftまでは示唆します。
飛行エキスパートはフライトデータを見て、急速な下降にされる乗客噴射を信じます。
これまでに提案が衝突の可能な原因に全然ありませんでした。
12時38分pm
アルプスの衝突のエリアからの最初のイメージ
フランス2
ここには、飛行機が、墜落したと信じられるフランスアルプスのエリアの最初のイメージがあります。
フランスの放送局France2のうちの1つは、瞬間 この写真が後ろに送られる とジャーナリストにヘリコプターを空中に持っています。
はっきりと、それは非常に山地のエリアです。より多くの雪および高い風は、回収作業を妨げる木曜日まで予報されます。
12時41分pm
アップデート-ボードGermanwingsの150人の人々の合計が飛びます
Germanwingsは150としてボードの人々の数を確認しました。
これは144人の乗客および6人のキャビンクルーを含みます。
12時52分pm
『死者の間のスペイン語、ドイツ語、およびトルコ語』-スペインのキングフェリペ
スペインのキングフェリペは、偶然、今日、パリを訪問する間にいました。
彼は、オランド大統領のそばのエリゼ宮の外でたった今テレビについて話したところです。
彼は、「無生存者」 予期されるおよび があり、死者の間に多くのスペイン、ドイツ、およびトルコの犠牲者がいると言うと確認します。
Germanwingsは赤と黄色からそのロゴを変更しました 灰色になるおよび その社会的なメディアアカウントの黒 。
12:58 pm
'Two babies feared dead' - Spanish VicePresident
Two babies are among the 45 Spanish victims of the crash, it has been reported. Spanish VicePresident Soraya Sáez de Santamaría confirmed the total number of Spaniards on board the Germanwings flight. Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy said in a press conference he was cancelling his diary and travelling back to Madrid to head a crisis cabinet. He described the accident as a “dramatic and sad” piece of news but declined to talk about the victims. He said: “I profoundly regret this very sad accident. We are going to do all we can.”
1:08 pm
Germanwings sets up hotline for relatives of passengers
In an updated statement, Germanwings added that is has set up a dedicated hotline for people who need information. The firm said: "The toll-free 0800 11 33 55 77 number is available to all the families of the passengers involved for care and assistance. "Everyone at Germanwings and Lufthansa is deeply shocked and saddened by these events.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the passengers and crew members."
1:11 pm
Helicopters essential for recovery operation
ActuSecours
Here's some images just in of helicopters which are taking part in the recovery operation. Patricia Granet Brunello - the Mayor of Digne - has said it is "very difficult" to access the area and weather conditions very poor.
1:19 pm
Tearful relatives escorted to private room at Barcelona airport
Reuters
Relatives and loved ones have been arriving at El Prat airport in Barcelona where the flight left this morning. Many are clearly distressed and are being led to a private room by Germanwings staff as they await information. There are similar scenes at Dussedorf airport where the flight was due to arrive.
1:28 pm
'Group of 20 German schoolchildren on exchange trip among dead'
More tragic news filtering through via the Spanish press. Reports suggest a group of around 20 German schoolchildren, who had been on an exchange trip in Catalonia, were on the plane. Meanwhile, French newspaper Le Parisien is reporting some comments from an eyewitness who heard the crash from a nearby village. The resident said. "This morning I heard a huge thud and then I saw several fighter jets fly over the village. "The initial sound I heard was like an avalanche or like the sound of dynamite that they blow up to cause an avalanche.” "Then around noon I looked out the window and I saw a column of smoke rising into the air. From the centre of the village to the crash site must be around 3km. But we are in the mountains and there’s a lot of snow. "At the moment there are helicopters flying over overhead."
1:41 pm
Confusion over distress call
There has been some confusion over whether a distress call was issued by the plane before the crash. Some reports suggest the final words from the pilots on board was 'emergency , emergency'. The call came through just 45 minutes after the Airbus A320 took off from Barcelona on its way to Dusseldorf, it has been claimed. There has also been suggestions the Airbus was in contact with Air Traffic Control (ATC) at Marseille, saying: "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday" However, other reports are claiming no distress call was made. We will do our best to get to the bottom of this as soon as we can.
1:59 pm
Rescuers briefed before Alpine operation
An image here of mountain rescue staff being briefed before they head out to the crash site. President Hollande has said it may be "hours" before the wreckage is reached, such is the remoteness of the area. Weather conditions are also difficult.
2:08 pm
Germanwings holds live press conference
Airline Germanwings is now holding a live press conference on the crash. It has been confirmed that two babies were among the 150 people on board. The plane fell into a "deep descent" which lasted eight minutes. The captain was a pilot who had been flying with Germanwings and Lufthansa for 10 years.
2:12 pm
'We will find cause of crash as soon as possible'
The CEO of Germanwings, Thomas Winkelman, is speaking at the press conference. He is speaking slowly and his voice is trembling - he's clearly very emotional. He says the Germanwings plane was checked by Lufthansa engineers yesterday. Mr Winkelman says he hopes to find out "as soon as possible" what caused the crash.
2:14 pm
Witness: 'Plane was flying very low'
Here's some general images of the area where the plane is believed to have gone down. Shortly before the crash, the owner of a sawmill in Prads, in Haute-Bléone, saw the aircraft in trouble. Sébastien Giroud, quoted in local press, said: "I didn’t see much, perhaps for 2, 3 seconds.
"The plane was flying very low, I don’t know maybe 1,500 or 2,000 meters.
"It was impressive, it seemed it was going down.
"I said to myself: ‘It won’t pass the mountains'. I didn’t hear any particular noise."
2:18 pm
67 Germans on board plane
Mr Winkelman says it is believed 67 Germans were on board the plane, although this figure may change. He offers his "deepest condolences" to those who have lost loved ones. The company also insists that there's "absolutely no issue" with the age of the plane, which came into service in 1991.
2:23 pm
'No theories for cause of crash'
There are no theories on the cause of the crash as yet, Germanwings says. It is believed it will take "days" to recover bodies from the site, due to its remote location. It has also been clarified that the Germanwings flight lost contact with French air traffic control at around 6,000ft.
2:35 pm
Plane 'nosedived for eight minutes' before crash
Reuters
The flight nosedived one minute after reaching it's cruising altitude of 38,000ft. It continued to descend for eight minutes. The plane's last contact with French radar was at 6,000ft t 10.53am, then it crashed. "Routine maintenance" was carried out on the passenger jet on Monday, Germanwings CEO said.
3:07 pm
BREAKING NEWS: Reports of "moving body" among wreckage being investigated
Reports of a "moving body" among the wreckage have sparked hopes there may be survivors. Rescue teams are just setting off for the crash site in Provence. According to Marseille Prosecutor Brice Robin "there may be a moving body". Earlier, French President Hollande said due to the nature of the crash there would be "no survivor". General David Galtier, whose team is leading the search, said: "The priority is to rescue any survivors, they would be able to see a body that moves"
3:17 pm
First 'image of crash site'
A French newspaper has published what it claims is the first image of the crash site. Le Dauphine Libere believes the plane is in a crevasse on the mountainside beneath what appears to be smoke.
We've hopefully cleared up the confusion surrounding a possible distress call. France's aviation regulator (DGAC) said the aircraft itself did NOT issue a distress call. However the air traffic controller did "implement the distress phase" because the plane lost altitude so quickly and the loss of radio contact. The "distress" phase is the third and most serious of three stages of alerts used to help coordinate rescue efforts when an aircraft is considered in difficulty. Earlier, the DGAC had said the aircraft issued a distress call at 10.47 local time (09.47 GMT) while descending from 38,000feet to 5,000 feet.
3:52 pm
Distressed relatives arrive at Barcelona Airport
Relatives of the Spanish passengers have been arriving at El Prat Airport in Barcelona following today's devastating news. They are being comforted and assisted by Germanwings staff and given updates on the situation. Distraught families have been told "no survivors" are expected.
4:02 pm
New images of potential crash site
matrixpictures.co.uk
Some more aerial images here from what we believe to be the crash site. Pieces of wreckage appear to be dotted around the mountainside. It's clear how inaccessible the area is. Rescue teams have said it may take days to recover bodies.
4:15 pm
Confirmed - No survivors in Germanwings plane crash
Sadly, it has been confirmed that there are no survivors of today's crash. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told parliament this afternoon: "A helicopter managed to land (by the crash site) and has confirmed that unfortunately there were no survivors." The Airbus A320, operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline, crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps, killing all 150 on board including 16 schoolchildren. Germanwings confirmed its flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf crashed with 144 passengers and six crew on board. The airline believed there were 67 Germans on the flight. Spain's deputy prime minister said 45 passengers had Spanish names. Among the victims were 16 children and two teachers from the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in the town of Haltern am See in northwest Germany, a spokeswoman said. French police at the crash site said no one survived and it would take days to recover the bodies due to difficult terrain. "It is going to take days to recover the victims, then the debris," senior police officer Jean-Paul Bloy said.
4:31 pm
'Black box found' - reports
Reports from the scene suggest the passenger jet's black box has been found. This would prove crucial in understanding what happened to the downed plane. It keeps a record of all flight data including what was said in the cockpit before the crash.
4:40 pm
Crash 'not a terrorist attack'
The crash of a Germanwings Airbus in a remote area of the French Alps today does not appear to have been caused by a terror attack, the White House said, according to a report by Fox News. "There is no indication of a nexus to terrorism at this time," the cable network quoted White House National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan as saying. As yet there is no explanation for the crash that has killed 150 people.
4:45 pm
Spanish families seeing psychologists
Families of the 45 Spanish victims of the Alps air crash were being comforted by psychologists tonight as they waited for official confirmation their loved ones were among the dead.
Relatives were bussed to hotels near Barcelona's El Prat airport after being seen by a care team set up to receive them.
The first of the families arrived around lunchtime at the airport where the doomed Airbus A320 took off just before 10am for Dusseldorf - pain and confusion etched on their faces.
They were taken to a room set aside for them near terminal two where multi-discipinary teams of paramedics, trauma specialists, police and doctors had been mobilised to help them.
Reuters
4:52 pm
Helicopter footage of crash scene
More video from the scene of todays tragedy now.
Below is camera footage taken from a helicopter, flying over the scene where the Germanwings plane crashed in the Alps.
As you can see the wreckage is not in an easily accessible area.
4:54 pm
Families 'to give DNA samples to match with victims'
Families of Spanish passengers are thought to have given DNA samples which will be matched with victims once their bodies are recovered before being taken to four hotels near the airport.
Some decided to travel to France this afternoonon coaches heading to Nice organised by Catalonia's regional government.
Spain's vicepresident Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said 45 people with Spanish surnames were on board.
Below are more pictures of the emergency services effort taking place nearby.
Getty
Getty
4:59 pm
Local mayor confirms school group were on flight
Town hall chiefs in the Catalan village of Llinars del Valles confirmed this afternoon German schoolchildren aged 15 and 16, who were finishing a nine-day exchange programme at a local school with two teachers, were on the flight.
Staff at the village's Giola Institute had sparked hope some had saved their lives by missing the plane after leaving their passports behind when they left for the airport.
But mayor Marti Pujol confirmed: "The families they'd been staying with accompanied them this morning to the train station and from there they travelled to the airport to take the doomed plane." The youngsters had spent the last nine days in Liners del Valles.
They are understood to come from the town of Haltern, 50 miles south west of Dussedorf.
5:01 pm
Full story on aerial images of crash site
Shocking aerial images showing the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus 320 have emerged, picturing how the plane's wreckage is scattered across the French Alps. More than 140 passengers were confirmed dead after the plane crashed in the French Alps this morning. And the first aerial images have now emerged from the crash site, showing wreckage across the French mountainside.
matrixpictures.co.uk
5:03 pm
Majority of victims 'returning from holidays in Barcelona and Majorca'
The majority of the victims are believed to be German tourists returning from holidays in Barcelona and the nearby island of Majorca.
Two executives from Barcelona's trade fair institution Fira, who had been travelling to a food fair in Cologne, were also among the 144 passengers.
Car parts firm Delphi confirmed its human resources manager and a trade union delegate had also boarded the flight to travel to a meeting.
German multinational Bayer has said it believed at least one employee of its Spanish affiliate caught the doomed flight along with the wife of another worker.
Reuters
5:05 pm
Friend waiting for news about airline staff
Jordi Campoy, a retired Bayer employee was among the first to rush Barcelona airport for news on his friend. He said: "I hope to God they haven't got on that plane. "It's a flight Bayer staff often take to get to meetings here or there.
"It's a two hour flight and both Lufthansa when it operated the route, and Germanwings now, had a good frequency of flights that enabled you to make the return trip in the same day.
"We don't know what's happened but I wouldn't say that Germanwing is a low cost flight. I've also taken that plane with a great feeling of security."
5:06 pm
Full story on fake video footage
Footage claiming to show the moment the Germanwings Airbus 320 plane crashed earlier today has been confirmed as a fake after fooling internet users. The shocking video was shared widely online today by social media users who believed the video showed the crash - understood to have claimed more than 140 lives. But the footage is simply rehashed a previous, unrelated crash, it has emerged.
5:10 pm
Mountain rescue teams
Below we have pictures of the mountain rescue teams arriving near the crash site.
Joined by the Gendarmerie you can see they have special mountaineering equipment for the job at hand.
A number of helicopters are also in the area as the recovery effort continues.
Getty
Getty
5:11 pm
Businessman changed flight plan at the last minute - avoiding disaster
Brazilian Rafael Rebello, who lives in Barcelona, told how he was still "trembling" after opting at the last minute to take a different flight to get to a business meeting in Germany and not the Germanwings plane that crashed.
He said: "Everything was confirmed and it was the only flight option.
"But when I went back into the website again to buy the ticket, I discovered the price had gone up and realised I'd have to rush to get to the meeting on time.
"It was only then that I decided to change the date and travel with another company.
"I started shaking when I found out what had happened and I'm still trembling.
"The German client I was due to meet allowed me to bring the meeting forward and I've written to him already to thank him for saving my life."
5:14 pm
Spanish cabinet crisis meeting
The first Spanish crisis cabinet meeting - chaired by the country's vice-president - was due to be held late this afternoon.
Soraya Saenz de Sanataria called off a trip to Seville so she could rush back to Madrid for the meeting.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who cleared his diary and cut short a work trip to the northern city of Vitoria after learning of the disaster, also headed back to the Spanish capital.
He described the accident as a "dramatic and sad" piece of news but declined to confirm the number of Spanish victims at a hastily-arranged press conference.
He said: "I profoundly regret this very sad accident. We are going to do all we can."
Reuters
5:15 pm
Spanish king cuts short official visit in France
The Prime Minister also confirmed he had spoken with German chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish King Felipe VI.
The Spanish monarch had only just arrived in France with former journalist wife Letizia for his first ever official visit to the country when he received news of the crash.
He cut short the visit after talks with the Spanish PM and French president Francois Hollande.
He said: "After talks with President Hollande and the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, we have decided to cancel our trip in the hope we can reschedule it for a future date."
The picture below was taken earlier today, before the tragic crash news broke.
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Estimated 3,000 Spaniards living in Dusseldorf
Around 3,000 Spaniards - many fleeing mass unemployment at home - are registered as living in Dusseldorf. More than 40,000 have moved to the region.
Catalan regional governor Artur Mas said: "We are in permanent contact with the Spanish and French authorities. "I express my most sincere condolences to the families of the victims at this difficult moment."
State prosecutors at the country's Audiencia Nacional - the central Criminal Court - have already asked the police for a report on the circumstances surrounding the crash.
They want to determine if the tragedy could have been the result of a crime, negligence or human error.
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German school 'assuming the worst'
A school in western Germany said it is "assuming the worst" after it confirmed that 16 of its students and two teachers boarded a plane which crashed in the French Alps. The pupils, from Joseph Konig school in Haltern am See in western Germany, were flying home after a week-long exchange with students at a school near Barcelona. Two babies are also thought to have been on the Airbus A320 operated by low-fare carrier Germanwings, which was flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. Bodo Klimpel, mayor of Haltern am See, said: "Initially I would like to say that the town is deeply affected and saddened. "The state of shock that is palpable everywhere, that is pretty much the worst that anyone could imagine. "On the boarding list of the plane which crashed there are 16 students from our school and there are two teachers. "They were listed by name and the school director has received confirmation from Spain that the students did board the plane, with the teachers accompanying them. "Rescue services have not been able to reach the crash site which means we have no final confirmation of the worst, however we have to assume the worst."
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'There's virtually nothing left'
A local French MP has described the horrendous scene of the plane crash.
Christophe Castaner is the MP for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the mayor of nearby Forcalquier.
Having flown over the sight he said there was 'virtually nothing left' of the aircraft.
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Students at German school to receive counselling
Bodo Klimpel, mayor of Haltern am See, said teachers and students would receive counselling and special assemblies were being organised to help them process their grief. The students who boarded the plane were studying Spanish and had been on a school exchange programme, he said. The German students had spent a week with the families of Spanish children who attend the Giola institute in Llinars del Valles, near Barcelona. Villagers and staff at the school said they were in shock at the news about the youngsters, thought to have been aged 15 or 16.
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Children cried as they were told of tragedy
Reports said that teachers had to interrupt classes at the school when the children were told of the tragic news because they all began crying. Psychologists were called in to help students and a group of children went to the room in Barcelona airport where relatives of the victims are being attended. Josep Aixandri, a councillor in the village, told Spanish newspaper ABC: "All we know is that we went to leave them at the station because they were taking the train to the airport and they were going to get on that flight. "Nothing makes us think that they have not taken it."
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Memorial planned for tomorrow
Mr Aixandri's 38-year-old daughter Ruth, a teacher at a local school, was among those who had lodged the German children. He said: "My daughter has had one of the young girls in her house all these days. "We're very upset because they are children with whom we have shared so many things. "It hurts me especially because I know my granddaughter was a classmate of one of these young girls and she is going to have a very bad time." Giola institute teacher Rosa Maria Garcia said: "We are in shock - they are youngsters with whom we have shared so much these days." A memorial event is expected to take place at the institute tomorrow.
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Former Real Madrid player came from same German town as school children
The German town Haltern am See lies about 20 miles to the north of Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen - homes of two major German soccer clubs and former mining towns. Haltern am See's history dates back to 1289 and perhaps its most famous son in football player Christoph Metzelder, a former Germany defender who also played for Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid.
Germany defender Benedikt Hoewedes, who plays for Gelsenkirchen's Schalke 04 club, is also from Haltern am See. The nearby Sixtus church and another local church opened their doors for students, teachers and local residents to mourn and flags in the town of 37,000 that lies just north of the Ruhr River Valley industrial area were lowered to half-mast.
The mayor of the Spanish town Llinars del Valles, Marti Pujol, told Reuters that these kinds of exchanges had been organised for several years with German towns including in the Duesseldorf, Cologne and Hamburg areas.
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5:29 pm
Angela Merkel says crash will be 'investigated thoroughly'
German chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken to reporters in Berlin about the crash.
She said: "We still don't know much beyond the bare information on the flight, and there should be no speculation on the cause of the crash. "All that will be investigated thoroughly."
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5:31 pm
Removing bodies from crash zone 'could take days'
French police said it could take several day to evacuate the bodies from the crash zone due to the hostile terrain. Lieutenant-colonel Jean-Paul Bloy said: "It will take several days to recover the victims. "The crash zone is very steep and rugged mountain. The debris is scattered over an area of about one hectare and it is very difficult to access. "There are a dozen large areas of debris, the rest is very fragmented. "It will be extremely complicated to identify the sites. The victims will be evacuated first and then the debris."
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'There are two hectares of debris, of human remains'
General David Galtier said: "We flew over the crash site for 15 minutes. The bodies of the victims are not detectable. "We will look for the bodies and they will be brought to a chapel so that the families can gather.” Christophe Castaner, the deputy of the Prefet of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, described the tragic scene. He said: “There are no more sections of the plane, only tiny pieces of debris. “The police are in place. There are two hectares of debris, of human remains, it’s terrible.” The national Gendarmerie has told people not to attempt to approach the crash scene or block the roads.
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Eyewitness describes low flight
Francis Hermitte, mayor of Seyne, said: "The gym will be transformed into a chapel for the bodies of the victims." There are ten members of the forensic science department of the French National Gendarmerie (IRCGN) on the scene. A further 20 are on the way.
In Paris, Claude Bartolone, president of the National Assembly, requested that the chamber hold a minute’s silence this afternoon.
Meanwhile eyewitness Daniel Armanni, manager of newsagent "2005" at the Foux d'Allos described seeing the plane minutes before it crashed. He said: “I heard the sound of a plane over the Foux d'Allos, I was surprised because I found it a bit low. "It was a little past 10am. I said to myself it’s strange that it’s past low. " "I saw a white trail from the plane in the sky, I don’t know if that was the one that crashed because it disappeared behind the Sestrière mountains. The prosecutor of Marseilles has opened an inquiry into the crash, said the Ministry of Justice.
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'Everything is pulverised'
Air Ambulance Lieutenant Eric Sapet has described the carnage to journalist David Coquille of La Marseillaise newspape.
He said: "Everything at the crash site is pulverised.
"You cannot make out the shape of the plane nor any of the bodies."
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Lufthansa press conference
A press conference is taking place in Barcelona.
Heike Birlenbach, vice-president of Lufhansa, said theories about the crash were 'speculation'.
She is currently answering questions from reporters.
"Our main focus now is on the investigation," she said. 5:53 pm
'Dark day in our history'
She closed the press conference by saying: "I do not want to disclose any information from the meeting we have had with the relatives.
"We are doing everything to find out what happened to find out what the cause. "This is a tragic moment for Lufthansa. It is a dark day in our history."
5:54 pm
Another witness to crash - 'I thought it was an earthquake'
Lucille Polizzi, 18, was standing outside with her father when they heard a strange noise which she thought was an earthquake or avalanche. The schoolgirl said: “We were outside and then suddenly we heard this big noise. I thought it was an earthquake. We have earthquakes fairly frequently here, just small ones.
"I wasn’t afraid. My father thought it was a fighter jet but we couldn’t see any. “The noise lasted probably seven or eight seconds. Then it stopped. There was nothing for maybe 15 to 30 seconds. Then a second noise. The same as the first noise and it lasted about the same time. I wondered then if it was perhaps an avalanche. “I wasn’t worried about it. And I didn’t think about it too much until I went into Barcelonnette later and people asked me if I knew about the plane crash.
"I was shocked. And really sad. For a plane to crash just three kilometres away with so many people killed is just so terrible.” Lucille, who did not have school this morning, was at her father’s campsite in Ubaye.
5:56 pm
Air safety engineer speculates on what happened
The Germanwings plane that crashed in France did so during what should have been the safest part of the flight. Yet, something went horribly wrong, leading to the death of 150 passengers and crew. The first clue about what could have happened will be the wreckage itself. If the debris field is compact, then the plane most likely hit the mountains intact. If it is scattered, the plane probably broke up in mid-air. Todd Curtis, a former Boeing safety engineer who is now director of the Airsafe.com Foundation, said: "If you see a wing here and three miles later you see a fuselage, one doesn't have to be an expert to speculate that it didn't happen on the ground; that something happened before it impacted."
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Full story on first footage and the blackbox
This is the first footage from the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash site, emerging moments after authorities confirmed that they have found the plane's black box. The doomed flight disappeared from radar 45 minutes after leaving Barcelona in Spain for Dusseldorf in Germany at 10am local time, crashing in the French Alps. Rescue workers rushed to the site, and have since confirmed that they have retrieved the black box. 6:03 pm
"The largest debris is the size of a car”
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said "the violence of the shock leaves little hope that there are survivors”. He said 10 helicopters and a military plane have been mobilized to the site. There are 210 police officers engaged and a further 350 are on route.
Gilbert Sauvan, of the local council, said: "The plane is disintegrated. Everything is pulverized. The largest debris is the size of a car.”
Dramatic pictures of an area of the crash scene taken by a local photographer show scattered flecks across a mountain and several larger pieces.
Two fragments possibly appear to be part of the body of the plane with four windows visible on one piece of debris and seven on another.
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6:05 pm
Three theories about the crash: 1) Rapid decompression
The jet averaged more than 5.3 flights a day over its 24 years. That is not unusual for a plane making short trips around Europe, but is on the higher end of what is normal. Each take-off and landing cycle and the pressurisation and depressurisation associated with it adds stress to the skin of the plane. Aircraft that fly short, frequent routes go through more of these cycles than planes flying long distances. In 1988, a 19-year-old Aloha Airlines Boeing 737-200 that had made frequent, short hops among the Hawaiian islands lost a large part of its roof. Corrosion and metal fatigue were to blame. Flight 9525 reportedly descended at 3,000ft per minute from its cruising altitude of 38,000ft - twice the normal speed of a descent. If there was some type of rapid decompression - whether from metal fatigue or a bomb - the pilots' first move would be to get the plane down below 10,000 feet, where the air is breathable. The masks that come down from the overhead bins provide about 10 minutes' worth of oxygen. So, a descent rate of 3,000ft per minute would get the plane down to breathable air just in time. Todd Curtis, a former Boeing safety engineer, said that initial rate of decent is consistent with what you would see in a decompression situation.
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Three theories about the crash: 2) Technical error
Airbus jets have one of the most sophisticated cockpits. However, there have been issues in the past with some of the instruments there. The 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447 started because pilots received false air speed indications as it flew through a storm. Ultimately, pilot error led the plane into a stall, but only after they had received bad data. More recently, a Lufthansa A321 - the slightly larger version of the A320 - dropped about 4,000ft in one minute after the autopilot unexpectedly lowered the jet's nose. Following the November 2014 incident, the European Aviation Safety Agency issued a safety directive warning pilots about the possibility of an error with the angle of attack sensors on the plane. Pulling up on the jet's sidestick - a device similar to a yoke - would not pull the jet out of the dive. The safety agency noted the only way to stop it was to turn off two of the three air data reference units in the cockpit. These units process the flight speed, up or down angle of the nose, and the altitude.
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Three theories about the crash: 3) Human error
The pilots might have accidentally put the plane into a dive or stall, and not been able to recover from it. Separately, the pilots could have been so focused on getting the plane below 10,000ft to a breathable atmosphere following decompression that they did not realise how close they were to the mountains until it was too late. As yet though, all theories are merely speculation. The recovery of the black box should hopefully make things more clear.
6:09 pm
Families of passengers feared dead
We now have more pictures of the families of passengers feared killed in the crash.
Earlier today they were seen arriving at Barcelona's El Prat airport.
Roughly a third of the 150 on board are believed to be German, and a similar number Spanish.
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6:11 pm
Spanish press report details of victims
The Spanish press has reported details of victims believed to have been killed in the crash, though no names have been released.
These include;
- A Spanish father of three whose wife is expecting their fourth child. His children are three, five and seven. He was described as "a wonderful person and a great family man". He had worked for the German firm, Esprit since last summer but continued to live in La Coruña, Spain. - Three residents of Olot, two of whom were going to represent the local council at a food fair in Anuga. - Two members of staff of the multi-national Delphi who were going to a meeting. - Employers of Fuji, Nutriesport, Inoxpa and Paramita. - Two drivers from Murcia who were travelling over to collect a lorry from Dusseldörf.
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Lufthansa 'working on the assumption the crash was an accident'
Lufthansa said it was working on the assumption that the crash of a plane from its affiliate Germanwings in the French Alps today was an accident and that any other theory would be speculative.
Heike Birlenbach, Vice President Sales and Services Europe, was addressing a news conference in El Prat Barcelona airport, from where the crashed plane took off. "For the time being, we say it's an accident," she said. "There's nothing more that we can say right now. Everything else would be speculation."
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6:15 pm
Lufthansa confirm flight details
Speaking at the media conference Ms Birlenbach, said the plane had been due to take off from Barcelona at 9.35am local time today but actually departed at 10.01am.
It had been due to land in Dusseldorf at 11.55am local time. She said the plane had first flown in in November 1990, had entered service with Lufthansa in 1991 and had been sold to Germanwings in January 2014. The aircraft has flown for a total of 58,313 hours and was mainly used on short-haul European flights.
6:16 pm
Pilot 'would have feared losing control and pressure over the mountain range'
The pilot of a plane which crashed into the French Alps would likely have feared losing control and pressure over the mountain range, an expert claimed today. Investigators looking at the cause of the crash will be considering whether an engine failure or loss of pressure could be behind the disaster. Experts ruled out bad weather as a likely contributor, saying that conditions in the area were "nothing out of the ordinary". But the experienced French air crash investigation branch, the BEA (Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses), is expected to take everything into consideration in their inquiry.
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6:17 pm
Rescue and recovery takes priority
Professor Graham Braithwaite is the head of the department of air transport at Cranfield University. He said the rescue and recovery mission would take priority, and then investigators would start examining the scene, searching for clues as to what happened. The A320 flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf went into an eight-minute descent before crashing.
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Losing pressure would make pilot want to lower altitude - difficult in the Alps
Commenting on what could have caused this, Prof Braithwaite said: "Anything that means you could lose control of the aircraft or the ability of the aircraft to stay at altitude - engine failure or loss of pressure. "If you are losing pressure, then you would want to get the aircraft down at the lower altitude. "The main fear any pilot has is being over an area of high altitude - like the Alps, and losing pressure, because you want to get below 10,000ft." He added that it would have been very unlikely that the crew did not know the plane was dropping and that it was very easy for an aircraft to be taken off autopilot and back into the control of the pilot.
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6:22 pm
Opera singer among the dead
An opera house in Dusseldorf has said bass baritone Oleg Bryjak was among the 150 people on board the plane. The Deutsche Oper am Rhein said Bryjak was on his way back from Barcelona, where he had sung Alberich in Richard Wagner's Siegfried at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Director Christoph Meyer said: "We have lost a great performer and a great person in Oleg Bryjak. We are stunned."
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Picture of opera singer on flight
Below is a picture of the opera singer reportedly killed in todays Alps plane crash.
Oleg Bryjak was born in Kazakhstan in the former USSR and has appeared on opera stages all over the world, according to his website.
He is performed in Paris, London, Los Angeles, and Tokyo among many others. His repertoire includes more than 30 operas.
6:31 pm
Full story on 'earthquake' witness
An 18-year-old schoolgirl has told how she thought the Germanwings plane crash
was an earthquake as it smashed into the French Alps, just moments from her father's campsite. Shocked Lucille Polizzi was outside with her father when they both heard a strange noise which they would eventually realise was the tragic Germanwings Airbus A320.
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'It happened over a period of minutes'
Aviation expert Prof Braithwaite said: "We are talking about something happening over a period of minutes. That is the very uncomfortable reality - that people would have been aware there was a problem on the aircraft. "The people that should be considered overall are the family members, friends and colleagues of the people that died. It must have been incredibly difficult to hear so early on, the news that they felt it unlikely that there were any survivors." However, the expert in air crash investigations said the A320 was a reliable aircraft and an "absolute staple" of the industry. "It is incredibly unusual for an aircraft to have an accident like this because accidents are rare things. The A320 is an incredibly successful aircraft, there are dozens of them flying at any one time."
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6:49 pm
Spanish victim named - 'wife did not board flight as she was too pregnant'
Spanish media have reported the name of one of the victims of the plane crash as Josep Sabat Casellas. La Voz de Galicia says he was born in the Spanish city of Sabadell.
The site says he had three children aged three, five and seven years old. His wife Marta Carceller is pregnant with her fourth child - but she did not board the plane because her pregnancy was too advanced, the site claims.
He was working for the company Esprit, in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility.
6:52 pm
Full story on the opera singer killed in crash
A leading opera singer is among those dead following the horror
Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crash
this morning, it has been confirmed. Oleg Bryjak was returning from a series of performances at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona when he was among the 150 on board the doomed flight. Click below for the full story.
6:54 pm
Age of plane 'would not have had an impact on safety'
Last year the European Air Safety Agency (EASA) issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive after the A320's sister plane - an Airbus A321 - went into an uncontrollable dive north of Pamplona, Spain, before recovering. Prof Braithwaite said he did not believe the age of the aircraft - 24 years - would have had an impact on its safety. France's aviation authority said the crashed Germanwings plane did not send out a distress signal. The captain on board was experienced, had been with the airline and with Germanwings' parent company Lufthansa for more than 10 years and had clocked up 6,000 flying hours on this particular Airbus model. A full investigation into the crash could take months, or even years to complete, said Prof Braithwaite. He explained that air crash investigators would be looking to uncover what had caused the accident, what the causes of death were, and whether there was any criminal activity involved. French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the plane's black box, which might provide some of the answers, had been found. Actually orange in colour, the black box comprises the cockpit voice recorder, giving investigators insight into pilots' conversations just before the crash, and the flight data recorder which shows how the workings of the plane were operating.
7:03 pm
Obama offers sympathy
US President Barack Obama said his thoughts and prayers were with Germany and Spain after a plane crash in the French Alps, calling the incident an "awful tragedy." The Germanwings Airbus plane from Barcelona to Duesseldorf went down earlier today.
Mr Obama said that he hoped to also speak with Spain's leader and that US officials are trying to determine whether Americans may have been on board.
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7:05 pm
Twenty of the victims flying to trade fair
Spanish press says about 20 of the victims were heading for the trade fair, Anuga FoodTec 2015 in Cologne, Germany.
Businessmen and women from a number of top Spanish companies were also believed to be onboard.
Flags are being flown at half mast at the Barcelona opera house as two opera singers are now feared dead.
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Second opera singer was on board the flight
A second opera singer was on board the flight, it has emerged.
Maria Radner was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, according to the opera database Italartist Austroconcert. Her debut performance was in 2012, the site says, and she has performed in New York and Italy.
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Opera singer's husband and their baby all on flight
Opera singer Maria Radner was travelling with her husband and their baby - one of the two babies who died om the flight.
She was born in Düsseldorf and was going home at the end of the run of Siegfried in Barcelona, which came to a close just yesterday.
We'll be bringing you video of the two opera singers showing their talent shortly.
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Tributes to school children
Tributes have been paid to the school children feared dead in the Germanwings flight.
Students and teachers at a small-town German high school broke down in tears once they realised that 16 classmates and two teachers were on board the ill-fated airplane that crashed in France today on a flight to Duesseldorf.
The students from the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school were on their way home after a week-long Spanish exchange programme at the Institut Giola in Llinars del Valles near Barcelona.
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Families of passengers leave airport
Relatives of passengers of the Germanwings flight have left Barcelona airport.
Below are pictures of the bus load of family members who will no doubt be fearing the worst tonight.
French authorities say no survivors have been found among the 150 dead.
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"This is pretty much the worst thing you can imagine"
A visibly shaken Haltern mayor summed up the mood when he said: "This is pretty much the worst thing you can imagine." "You can feel a state of shock everywhere," Bodo Klimpel said. The town of 38,000 lies about 50 miles north east of the plane's destination of Duesseldorf. Some people hugged and cried in front of the Joseph Koenig High School, where the children had studied, and put candles on its steps. Others changed their Facebook cover photos to black, with the simple message "Haltern mourns; In memory of the victims of the March 24, 2015 plane crash."
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7:35 pm
Another young mother killed
Another young mother killed in the flight was from the city of Jaca, in the Spanish province of Huesca, with her baby of seven months.
It is understood she was returning to Germany where she worked. Other as yet-unnamed victims include a grandmother, her daughter and grandchild from Sant Cugat del Vallès in Barcelona.
The Mayoress Sant Cugat, Mercè Consea has declared three days of mourning as two other victims came from the same town, both employees of the company Delphi.
7:37 pm
Search halted overnight
The search has been suspended for the evening, the BBC reports.
No doubt due to the lack of light, helicopters are no longer flying to the crash site.
Military personnel are reportedly camping there overnight though.
The search is set to resume at 'first light'.
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Listen to opera performance by Oleg Bryjak
Below is a recording of a performance by Oleg Bryjak, reportedly killed in the Alps plane crash today.
Bryjak has been a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf since 1996. The baritone has performed around the world and was reportedly flying back to the German city after finishing a performance in Spain.
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Audio recording of opera singer Maria Radner
Maria Radner was the other opera singer on the tragic Germanwings flight.
Below is a recording of a performance by the contralto singer.
Born in Dusseldorf, it is reported she was on the flight her husband and baby. 7:59 pm
Press conference taking place in Cologne
A press conference about the crash is taking place in Cologne.
A spokesman for Lufthansa is addressing questions from the press.
He explains that there is a lot of speculation about what happened online.
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Heading to crash site
One spokesman said: "There was no communication from this approach flight.
"We are trying everything - I ask that we get back to the crisis staff in order to deal with the families.
"We will hopefully inform you further in the next few hours." The conference has now ended, and very little new information given.
The company confirmed details already reported about the 150 people on board believed to have died.
8:04 pm
Graphic shows dramatic descent
The graphic below clearly demonstrates the dramatic descent made by the flight.
Tweeted by Airlive.net, it shows the speed and altitude of the doomed flight after it took off from Barcelona until the tragic crash.
The rapid descent on the right of the graph shows it must have happened within a matter of minutes.
8:12 pm
Full story on opera singer deaths
A beloved opera singing duo are among the victims of the tragic Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crash which left 150 dead with no survivors. Oleg Bryjak and Maria Radner were jetting back from Barcelona when their flight smashed into the French Alps. The tragic crash had no survivors, authorities have confirmed.
8:14 pm
Spanish victim had been living in Manchester
A mother and her seven-month-old baby who were among those killed in the French Alps air disaster had been living in Manchester, it was revealed tonight. The 37-year-old Spanish woman, identified only by the initials M.B.L.B., had returned to her family home in Jaca in the Pyrenees to attend the funeral of an uncle.
Unable to get a direct flight back to Manchester, she had opted to fly from Barcelona to Dusseldorf and there catch a connecting flight to Manchester.
8:27 pm
Smoking wreckage
Aerial photographs showed smouldering wreckage and a piece of the fuselage with six windows strewn across the steep mountainside cut by ravines.
"We saw an aircraft that had literally been ripped apart, the bodies are in a state of destruction, there is not one intact piece of wing or fuselage," Brice Robin, prosecutor for the city of Marseille, told Reuters after flying over the wreckage in a helicopter. Below are more pictures from the scene.
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8:28 pm
Third deadliest A320 crash
Today was the first crash of a large passenger jet on French soil since the Concorde disaster just outside Paris nearly 15 years ago.
The A320 is described as a 'workhorse' of aviation fleets and one of the world's most used passenger jets.
However, according to data from the Aviation Safety Network, today's crash was the third most deadly involving an A320.
In 2007 a TAM Linhas Aereas A320 shot off a runway in Brazil, killing 187 people, while 162 people died when an Indonesia AirAsia jet went down in the Java Sea in December.
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8:29 pm
More pictures of rescue effort
Germanwings said the plane started descending one minute after reaching its cruising height and continued losing altitude for eight minutes. "The aircraft's contact with French radar, French air traffic controllers, ended at 10.53 am at an altitude of about 6,000 feet. The plane then crashed," Germanwings' Managing Director Thomas Winkelmann told a news conference.
Winkelmann also said that routine maintenance of the aircraft was performed by Lufthansa on Monday.
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8:30 pm
The plane 'did not simply fall lout of the sky'
Experts said that while the Airbus had descended rapidly, its rate of descent did not suggest it had simply fallen out of the sky.
France's DGAC aviation authority said air traffic controllers initiated distress procedures after they lost contact with the Airbus.
"The aircraft did not itself make a distress call but it was the combination of the loss of radio contact and the aircraft's descent which led the controller to implement the distress phase," a DGAC spokesman said.
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8:32 pm
Pilots trained to 'fly first'
In emergencies, pilots are trained to try to fly the aircraft as their first priority, then pay attention to navigation and only then communicate with the ground.
The aircraft came down in an alpine region known for skiing, hiking and rafting, but which is hard for rescue services to reach.
The search and recovery effort based itself in a gymnasium in the village of Seyne-les-Alpes, which has a small private aerodrome nearby.
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8:33 pm
Weather was 'closing in'
As helicopters and emergency vehicles assembled, the weather was reported to be closing in before nightfall. "There will be a lot of cloud cover this afternoon, with local storms, snow above 1,800 metres and relatively low clouds. That will not help the helicopters in their work," an official from the local weather centre told Reuters earlier today. Lufthansa Chief Executive Carsten Spohr, who planned to go to the crash site, spoke of a "dark day for Lufthansa". "My deepest sympathy goes to the families and friends of our passengers and crew," Lufthansa said on Twitter, citing Spohr.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would travel to the site on Wednesday.
8:34 pm
Distraught relatives wait for news
Germanwings and the Catalan regional government were preparing to take Spanish relatives to the crash region.
Family members arrived at Barcelona's El Prat airport, many crying and with arms around each others' shoulders, accompanied by police and airport staff. Below are pictures of some of the relatives affected by the tragedy.
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8:38 pm
Entire football team avoided flight after last minute change to travel plans
An entire football team should have been on the doomed Airbus which crashed in the French Alps but changed their flight at the last minute because they didn't want to wait for hours for a connection. The Swiss third division side Dalkurd FF of Borlänge had spent a few days in Barcelona and had tickets to travel from Barcelona to Düsseldorf, where they intended to take another plane to Sweden. On arriving at the airport, however, they decided the waiting time once in Düsseldorf would be too long so changed their Germanwings tickets for the remaining seats on three flights to Munich instead. Their goalie Frank Pettersson posted this message on Twitter: "To all who have tried to contact us in the last hours, we are well and at home".
He added that all their thoughts and prayers were with the victims and their families. Sports director of the club, Adil Kizil confirmed the flight had been changed at the last minute. "There were four planes in that hour which flew north, passing over the Alps," he told French newspaper, L’Équipe. "Four planes and we had players in three of them. We can say that we have been truly, truly lucky." Tonight, the team said on its official Twitter site: "We send our deepest condolences to all the victims of today's horrific tragedy in France. May you rest in peace."
8:53 pm
Full story on Manchester mum caught up in tragedy
A mother living in Manchester and her seven month old baby have been identified among the 150 who died in the Germanwings plane crash. The 37-year-old Spanish woman, identified only by the initials M.B.L.B, had returned to her family home in Jaca in the Pyrenees to attend the funeral of an uncle. Click below for the full story.
8:55 pm
Support from British airline pilots' association
Brendan O'Neal, chairman of British airline pilots' association Balpa, said: "The UK pilot family stands with our German colleagues in this tragic moment. "Our first thoughts are with the loved ones of the passengers, pilots and crew." He went on: "It is too early to say what caused a reliable aircraft with a good safety record, modern technology and an experienced crew to crash."
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9:00 pm
Books of condolence
Books of condolence have been opened at a sports hall in the south-eastern French village of Seyne-les-Alpes.
It has become the hub for rescue teams and accident investigators dealing with the crash. There are also reports of candles and balloons being placed in Dusseldorf airport as tribute.
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9:02 pm
Reports of two Australians on board flight
Two Australians were on board the tragic Germanwings flight, The Guardian reports.
Foreign minister Julie Bishop said: “Sadly I can confirm that there were two Australian citizens onboard, a mother and her adult son from Victoria." There are also reports a number of Turkish people were passengers.
9:07 pm
Germany's football team shows support
Germany's football federation says its national team will wear black armbands when it plays Australia in a friendly tomorrow. A minute's silence will take place before kick-off. Meanwhile, German captain and Bayern Munich's Bastian Schweinsteiger has paid tribute to the dead on Twitter.
9:18 pm
Further details on nationalities of victims
Barcelona's El Prat airport last night confirmed 47 Spaniards had died in the Alps air crash.
Officials at the airport said relatives of the dead who have gone to the airport in person had identified 47 Spaniards as being on the flight along with two Argentinians, an American, a Colombian, a Mexican, a Belgian, a Moroccan national and seven Germans. Authorities have said that as many as 67 Germans may actually have been on the flight, and two Australians have also been confirmed dead. In total these numbers would account for 123 of the 150 people on board.
9:25 pm
Rescue operation 'will take days'
The Alps plane crash rescue operation "will take days" according to local authorities.
French police will send rescue staff to the site at dawn to begin evacuating bodies, according to Lt Col Menichini. Cilmbers have established a route to the site for the effort to resume tomorrow morning.
9:38 pm
'Left wing activist' among Spanish dead
Spanish media has reported the details of half a dozen more victims reportedly killed in the air crash.
Among them was Ariadna Falguera who lived in the city of Olot, Spain.
She reportedly had a young daughter and had been travelling to Germany for work.
The site El Pais says she was an activist for the left wing ERC political party, the Republican Left of Catalonia.
9:41 pm
Spanish mum living in Manchester named
The Spanish mother who has been living in Manchester, believed to be one of the victims of the Alps plane crash, has been named.
Spanish news media say she is Marina Bandres Lopez-Belio, 37.
She had returned to her family home in Jaca in the Pyrenees to attend the funeral of an uncle.
Unable to get a direct flight back to Manchester, she had opted to fly from Barcelona to Dusseldorf and there catch a connecting flight to Manchester.
9:44 pm
Keen rower among the passengers on board
Carles Masanas Milla was another of the passengers on board, according to El Pais.
The site says the company Cornellà de Terri confirmed his details.
He was born in the Spanish city of Banyoles in 1977 and was a keen rower and ran the family business.
9:48 pm
Fashion consultant and trade unionist among the 150
Fashion consultant Thomas Treppe was also on the Germanwings plane, El Pais reports.
He was travelling to Dusseldorf on business, with colleagues saying they were 'shocked' at the news.
Manuel Rives, 52, was another passenger on the flight.
He was married, had three children and worked for a trade union the UGT (Unión General de Trabajadores or General Union of Workers).
10:00 pm
Teacher and HR worker close to retirement among passengers
Passenger Rogelio Oficialdegui, 62, was due to retire according to El Pais. He worked in HR at a factory in Barcelona.
Sonia Cercek was Valencia football supporter and would regularly attend matches in Germany.
Teacher Pilar Vicente Sebastián worked as a school teacher for 25 years in Bonrepòs i Mirambell, a small town of only 3,500 inhabitants.
10:01 pm
Full story on the football team that avoided the flight
A football team were all set to board the doomed Germanwings flight that crashed into the French Alps this morning - but changed their plans at the last minute. The Swiss third division side Dalkurd FF of Borlänge had a change of heart on their route home, initially planning to board the tragic Airbus A320 plane after spending a few days in Spain. Click below for the full story.
10:03 pm
Mountain guide who accompanied rescuers
Jean-Louis Bietrix, a high mountain guide, accompanied rescuers to the crash scene. He said: “I went with them but unfortunately there was nothing to do. In the zone there is not much left to see. There was debris, tiny pieces. The plane has disappeared completely. There is nothing, just debris.” An eyewitness has described how he saw the plane flying low shortly before the crash. A farmer, who lives in the hamlet of Prads-Haute-Bléone, not far from the drama, was spreading manure on his field. "I saw a white plane with some orange on its tail. Sometimes I see tourist planes but this big is rare,” he told Le Parisien newspaper. “For me, the plane was flying very low, less than 800 meters from the ground, for sure. "I clearly saw that it was going down as the nose of the aircraft was lower than the tail. “I was not too worried, there was no smoke or anything. I thought it might momentarily have lost altitude and was going back up. In total, I saw it for about five seconds before it disappeared behind the mountains.”
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10:15 pm
'I heard a big thud'
A resident of the nearby hamlet of Vernet, said: "This morning, I heard something like a big thud and then I saw several fighter jets fly over our village. "Around noon, I began to see a column of smoke rising into the air from the window of the house. The centre of the village to the crash site, must be approximately three kilometres in a straight line. “Initially the sound I heard was like an avalanche. It was also a little like dynamite that they use to blow up the area to trigger an avalanche." As night fell the helicopter flights were suspended over the crash area. The search and investigation will continue at dawn on Wednesday. Fifteen helicopters had been deployed and five police officers were airlifted down to the site. More than 300 police officers and 380 firefighters were deployed after the crash.
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10:18 pm
European leaders to visit scene tomorrow afternoon
Five government ministers from France, Germany and Spain were flown over the crash scene. "What we have just seen flying over the crash site, are images of horror, it's a terrible tragedy," said Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Foreign Minister, expressing his gratitude "to our French friends "for their help. "We have seen dramatic pictures that leave us in shock," said German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt. Spanish Transport Minister Ana Pastor, said she was in a "state of shock because the drama of the site is truly awful". They surveyed the scene with Bernard Cazeneuve and Ségolène Royal. Families of the victims were due to arrive in the area. The government has reserved rooms to accommodate them. In Digne-les-Bains the sports hall and convention centre will also be used by officials and families. A medical unit offering physical and psychological support will be put in place for the victims’ families in Seyne-les-Alpes, in addition to the one already in place in nearby Digne-les-Bains. Spanish and German interpreters will be available. Leaders François Hollande, Angela Merkel and Mariano Rajoy are due to arrive at 2pm on Wednesday. The investigation is likely to be hampered by the weather. Rain is forecast for tonight and tomorrow.
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10:20 pm
British nationals 'likely on board' says Foreign Secretary
The Foreign Secretary has said it is likely that there were some British nationals on board the Germanwings flight that crashed today in the French Alps.
Speaking this evening, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said:
“This is a tragic incident for those involved and their families, I send my deepest condolences to those who have lost family or friends.
“I don’t want to speculate on numbers of British nationals involved until we have completed our checks on all the passenger information.
"However, based on the information available to us, it is sadly likely that there were some British nationals on board the flight.
"We are providing consular assistance and will give further help as more information becomes available. We are working closely with the French, German and Spanish authorities, and the airline, to establish the facts.
“The UK Air Accident Investigation Branch, and UK Disaster Victim Identification experts, are also standing by to offer assistance to the French authorities, if required.”
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10:48 pm
A number of Germanwings flights 'cancelled after crews refused to fly'
A number of Germanwings flights were cancelled today 'after crews refused to fly' it has been reported.
German news site Spiegel said
it saw a number of cancelled flights and long passenger queues at Dusseldorf airport after the Alps crash. Among them were flights to Stockholm, Madrid and London, and three Germanwings flights from Stuttgart airport were also cancelled. A Lufthansa spokesman told Spiegel: "Germanwings crews could not take up their positions for personal reasons today".
The Telegraph additionally reported this was because staff were 'in deep distress', following the tragedy.
10:49 pm
David Cameron offers support
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said their thoughts were with the families of the passengers. Mr Cameron's official spokesman said the Prime Minister had been informed of the crash and "would wish to express how his thoughts are very much with the families and friends of all of those aboard". He said UK air accident investigators would offer any assistance requested by French or German authorities.
10:58 pm
Australia's Prime Minister offers condolences
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has offered his condolences to families of the crash victims, after it was announced two Australians are believed to be among the dead.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and families of all those killed but particularly with the loved ones of the two Australians who have lost their lives," Mr Abbott told reporters. "Our consular officials are doing what they can for the families."
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11:00 pm
Full story on the Foreign Secretary's comments on possible British victims
It is "likely" that British nationals are among those who died in the tragic
Germanwings air disaster which smashed into the French Alps earlier today. So far, very few victims of the 150 confirmed dead by authorities have been named - and none of them are British. Click below for the full story on Philip Hammond's comments about possible British dead.
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11:07 pm
Full story on the cancelled flights
Germanwings have been forced to cancel flights after crews refused to fly following the tragic crash that claimed 150 lives. The doomed flight belonging to the airline disappeared from radar 45 minutes after leaving Barcelona in Spain for Dusseldorf in Germany on Tuesday morning. Click below to read the full story.
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11:35 pm
Pope Francis 'shares the grief of the families of those on board the downed plane'
Pope Francis says he shares the grief of the families of those on board the downed plane. The pontiff said he would "pray for the repose of the deceased and entrusts them to the mercy of God, to welcome them into their abode of peace and light". He added: "The Holy Father asks the Lord to give everyone the strength and consolation, and as a show of support, invoke God's abundant blessings upon them."
12:06 am
Recap of developments so far
Tragic Flight 4U 9525 took eight terrifying minutes to plunge 32,000ft into a mountain yesterday, but made no mayday call. All 150 people, including children,
on the Germanwings Airbus 320 perished in the French Alps crash. One local said “the jet disintegrated” while Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told journalists: “It is likely there were some British on board.” The debris of the doomed plane lies scattered across the side of a mountain after it mysteriously
plunged from the sky. Search teams can be seen precariously sifting through the wreckage in a desperate bid to find survivors and
hunt for early clues to the tragedy. But none of the 144 passengers – including 16 pupils and two babies – plus six crew stood a chance as the plane smashed into the French Alps at more than 400mph and broke into pieces.
最近出版されますGermanwingsエアバスA320飛行機墜落事故：パイロットは、メイデイを全然8分の恐怖の間に呼びかけさせませんでした鏡のトムパリーはSeyne les Alpesから報告します。そこで、フライト4原子質量単位9525のため32,000ftがa -山に突入した後に、150人の人々が命を失いました
前の記事GermanwingsエアバスA320はボードの148によってフランスアルプスに砕けます予算航空会社飛行機は、148人の人々を運ぶ間バルセロナからDuesseldorfに旅行する間降りて来ました
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