According to official reports, the plane was traveling between the Spanish coastal city of Barcelona and the German city of Dusseldorf when it c me down between Barcelonnette and Digne in southern France on Tuesday.
Germanwings, an affiliate of German
airline Lufthansa based in Cologne, owned the aircraft, the reports added.
A few hours after the incident, the head of low-budget airline, Germanwings, said there were 144 passe
ngers and six crew on the aircraft.
French aviation authorities had announced earlier in the day that there were 142 passengers and six flight personnel on board.
"In light of the information available at the present time we cannot say whether there are survivors or how many there might be," Germanwings chief executive, Oliver Wagner, said in a brief statement on German television.
Sources said the ill-fated aircraft had
issued a distress call at 10:47 a.m. local time (0947 GMT).
Meanwhile, French President Francois Hollande said there are likely no survivors in the Airbus crash.
His remarks were echoed by the French Minister of State for Transport Alain
Vidalies, who said, "there are no
survivors" from the Germanwings plane.
"A distress call was registered at 10:47. The distress signal showed the plane was at 5,000 feet in an abnormal situation," the minister added.
According to French Interior Minister
Bernard Cazeneuve, the debris from the plane had already been found near a village.
Germanwings, an affiliate of German
airline Lufthansa based in Cologne, owned the aircraft, the reports added.
A few hours after the incident, the head of low-budget airline, Germanwings, said there were 144 passe
ngers and six crew on the aircraft.
French aviation authorities had announced earlier in the day that there were 142 passengers and six flight personnel on board.
"In light of the information available at the present time we cannot say whether there are survivors or how many there might be," Germanwings chief executive, Oliver Wagner, said in a brief statement on German television.
Sources said the ill-fated aircraft had
issued a distress call at 10:47 a.m. local time (0947 GMT).
Meanwhile, French President Francois Hollande said there are likely no survivors in the Airbus crash.
His remarks were echoed by the French Minister of State for Transport Alain
Vidalies, who said, "there are no
survivors" from the Germanwings plane.
"A distress call was registered at 10:47. The distress signal showed the plane was at 5,000 feet in an abnormal situation," the minister added.
According to French Interior Minister
Bernard Cazeneuve, the debris from the plane had already been found near a village.
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