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A plane operated by the budget carrier of Germany's Lufthansa crashed in a remote area of the French Alps today, killing all 150 on board in the worst plane disaster in mainland France for four decades.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was going on Wednesday to the French Alpine region where a German passenger plane crashed, killing all 150 people on board.

A plane operated by the budget carrier of Germany's Lufthansa crashed in a remote area of the French Alps today, killing all 150 on board in the worst plane disaster in mainland France for four decades.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was going on Wednesday to the French Alpine region where a German passenger plane crashed, killing all 150 people on board.