150 feared dead

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A Germanwings Airbus A320 with 144 passengers and a crew of 6 on board has crashed in a remote part of the French Alps, Tuesday morning. French President François Hollande and Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr say they fear there are no survivors from the crash of flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Düsseldorf.

The plane crashed, for reasons that are not clear, after sending a mayday message shortly before 11:00, when the plane was reportedly at 1,500 metres altitude in an “abnormal” situation, according to Le Monde.

It went down near the town of Barcelonnette, north of Nice and east of Grenoble. The passengers and crew are believed to be mainly German, with several Spanish and Turkish passengers.

Details of the breaking story: BBC, Le Monde (Fr), Reuters