2 French journalists took this picture from a helicopter near the crash site.
There was no distress signal sent by a German airplane that crashed today in South France, officials said this evening. 150 people were on board; no survivors are expected.
Here are the 10 latest developments:
- The German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on Tuesday. It belonged to Germanwings, a low-budget carrier.
- There were 144 passengers on board along with two pilots and four stewards.
- French President Francois Hollande said it was likely all passengers and crew on the Airbus A320 had perished in the crash.
- 16 German school children were on board the plane, said a Spanish mayor.
- At a press briefing, airline officials also said the plane went into an eight-minute descent before crashing.
- The plane was travelling from the Spanish coastal city of Barcelona to the German city of Dusseldorf.
- It went down in the Barcelonnette area in south-eastern France.
- Germanwings is a low-cost affiliate of German airline Lufthansa.
- The airline changed the colours of its logo on social media to black and gray to reflect the tragedy.
- "If our fears are confirmed, this is a dark day for Lufthansa," tweeted Lufthansa chief Carsten Spohr.
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