PARIS (AP) .- A plane of German low-cost airline Germanwings, carrying 150 people on board, crashed yesterday in a remote area and snowy French Alps, but the authorities have any idea clear causes.
According to the government of France, the pilots did not send emergency signals and radio contact with the ship was lost, which pays the mystery plane mishap had ” a decrease of eight minutes “while on a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, Germany.
The accident caused a stir among authorities and families in Europe. Relatives wept at both airports were separated from the others by line workers and counselors.
“I do not know much beyond the flight information and should not speculate about the causes of the accident,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel, adding that everything will be investigated thoroughly.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister of France, Bernard Cazeneuve, reported that managed to locate one of the plane’s black boxes. From the Alps, the official said it would help in investigating the cause of the tragedy.
Photo from where the plane published by the newspaper “La Provence” fell showed several elements of the rear of the plane scattered in the mountains and other sections with windows. The French minister said a helicopter descended on the site found no survivors.
“Everything is pulverized. The remains of larger size have a small car. Nobody can get AHPI from the ground, “he told The Associated Press the legislator Sauvan Gilbert, president of the general council of the Alps in Haute Provence.
The Airbus A320 passenger aircraft of the German line Germanwings carried board 144 passengers and six crew.
Authorities believe that traveled 67 Germans, including 16 high school students an academic exchange program of the town of Haltern.
The plane left Barcelona at 9:55 local time and began to descend shortly after reaching its cruising altitude of 11.000 meters, said the director of the airline Germanwings, Thomas Winkelmann.
Eric Heraud, the authority of French civil aviation, said the last radio contact was at 10:45 but the pilots did not signal a warning.
Eric Ciotti, president of the regional council in southeastern France, said the accident held in Meolans-Revels, near the popular ski resort Pra Loup.
The captain Benoit Zeisser police Digne-le-Bains, said that in heaven but had some clouds layer no cloud was low and there seemed no turbulence.
He drew ITélé gala chain could not comment on the state of the place where the remains were found.
Speaking at Direct, said it was likely that many of the victims were German citizens. He added that the accident area is difficult to access and it was unclear whether any person who had been on the ground was injured.
On the subject, President François Hollande said “it is a tragedy in our soil. “
The chancellor of Germany, in turn, said he thought” the people who died so suddenly, among which were many compatriots, “adding that he would travel to the site Wednesday to France. The German foreign ministers and Transportation did yesterday.
Germanwings is a low-cost subsidiary owned by Lufthansa, Germany’s largest airline, operating since 2002, as part of the response of traditional airlines the rise of low-cost carriers in Europe. The main destinations are continent-wide.
The kings of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia were in France when he was informed of the accident, so that suspended the visit, which lasted three days.
At a press conference after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, the Spanish monarch appreciated the effort and all the attentions of local government.
The federal Department of Accident Investigation flight from Germany sent three people to France to conduct a joint investigation with the country’s authorities said suportavoz Germout Freitag.
The Airbus 320 is one of the most used by modern aviation. The twin-engine jet with a central hall is used for flights of between one and five hours. There are 3,606 of these planes flying around the world, according to Airbus.
The search efforts were intense throughout the day, but at nightfall in the disaster authorities suspended the operation and helicopters left the area.
About 10 gendarmes would spend the night in place for safekeeping and search operations will resume at dawn, said Lt. Col. Jean-Marc Meninchini, the regional rescue service police in Seyne-les-Alpes. The work lasted one week
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