A passenger plane - an Airbus A320 - has crashed in Southern France, according to news agency Reuters. It reportedly had 150 people on board.
The co-pilot "voluntarily" initiated the descent of the Germanwings flight that crashed into the French Alps on Tuesday and refused to open the door to the pilot who was outside the cockpit, the lead investigator said on Thursday.
The co-pilot of the Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps was on the job since September 2013 and had 630 hours of flying experience, the parent company, German flag carrier Lufthansa, said today.
Rescue workers gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed. pic.twitter.com/e0qFNMS8PW
- Agence France-Presse (@AFP) March 24, 2015
#BREAKING 16 German school kids feared dead in French Alps crash: Spanish mayor
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An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote area of the French Alps on Tuesday and all 150 on board were feared dead.
A plane operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings has crashed in the Southern French Alps with 148 people on board.
#BREAKING Germanwings crash site 'inaccessible' to ground vehicles: minister
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#BREAKING Lufthansa chief says 'don't know yet what happened' to crashed Germanwings flight
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A German plane carrying at least 142 passengers and six crew members from Barcelona to Dusseldorf crashed on Tuesday in southern France, the French civil aviation authority confirmed.
Germanwings A320 D-AIPX is one of the oldest A320 with serial number 0147 and was delivered in Nov 1990 #4U9525 pic.twitter.com/SW9ykvWtnW
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#BREAKING No survivors expected in French Alps plane crash: Hollande
- Agence France-Presse (@AFP) March 24, 2015
French PM Valls says fears 142-150 passengers died in plane crash, cause is still unknown: Reuters
#BREAKING Debris from crashed airliner found near French village: interior ministry
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Airbus A320 carrying 142 passengers, plus two pilots and four cabin crew crashes in southern France: - La Provence newspaper
- Reuters India (@ReutersIndia) March 24, 2015
A plane has crashed in Southern France, according to news agency Reuters. There were 142 passengers and six crew members on board, said Reuters.