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, flight 4U 9525, had been en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf with 142 passengers and six crew on board.
French President Francois Hollande said: "The conditions of the accident, which have not yet been clarified, lead us to think there are no survivors."

Mr Hollande said the crash was a tragedy and called for solidarity with the victims, adding that the area was very difficult to access.


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French President Francois Hollande described a plane crash as a "tragedy"

He said he would be speaking shortly with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The plane issued a distress call at 10:47 (09:47 GMT), according to sources quoted by AFP news agency.
Search-and-rescue teams are headed to the crash site at Meolans-Revels, said regional council head Eric Ciotti.
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.

The interior ministry said debris had been located at an altitude of 2,000m (6,500ft).
Interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told BFM TV that it would be "an extremely long and extremely difficult'' search-and-rescue operation because of the remoteness.

Both Airbus and Germanwings have said they are aware of the crash reports but cannot yet confirm them.
Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr tweeted: "We do not yet know what has happened to flight 4U 9525. My deepest sympathy goes to the families and friends of our passengers and crew.

"If our fears are confirmed, this is a dark day for Lufthansa. We hope to find survivors."
The Airbus A320 is single-aisle passenger jet popular for short- and medium-haul flights.

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It's well

RIP. sad

Merlissa:
It's well

Too many crashes in so little time...it's not well

RICHIEBOI1:
RIP. sad

No confirmations on casualties...so let's hold on with the RIPs until we hear something concrete

This is one too many

Lalasticlala , oga Seun abeg move with speed of light to fp abeg.

Thanks guys for the needful....

RIP to the dead

RIP to the dead, May God console their families..., Uncle Jona b prepared, Someone is gonna blame u for diZ....

Guy make you park well there's confirmation watch euronews.com

bigboss80s:

No confirmations on casualties...so let's hold on with the RIPs until we hear something concrete

bigboss80s:

No confirmations on casualties...so let's hold on with the RIPs until we hear something concrete

hope so

RIP

Lord have mercy

G for goodluck

Good God please have mercy. Not again please.

not again

Ur head correct so

emmykk:
G for goodluck

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Chai

There has always been accidents. It is only the advent of the Internet that made informations such as this readily available.

I hope the relatives have the fortitude to bear their losses.

May God comfort those whose loved ones are lost forever. RIP to the Dead

emmykk:
G for goodluck

you well so?

Where are the ode that will say "suleman said it"

chai I hope they find this one RIP

Pls what is Airbus? Thanks

I hope they find survivors

And nobody is blaming their President.

Rip to d victims! Danke