German Airbus crashes in French Alps: 150 dead
Search teams deploy after an Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote area of the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board.
Rescue helicopters assemble near the site in the French Alps where an Airbus 320 operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings crashed.
It's believed all 150 passengers and crew on board were killed.
The flight was travelling from Barcelona to Duesseldorf when it went down high in the mountain range. One minute after reaching cruising altitude, the plane began descending...falling for eight minutes before the crash, according to Germanwings Managing Director Thomas Winkelmann.
"The aircraft's contact with French radar, French air traffic controllers ended at 10.53 am at an altitude of about 6,000 feet. The plane then crashed," he said.
The accident happened in an alpine region known for skiing, hiking and rafting, which is hard for search teams to reach.
Once they do, they will be on the lookout for black boxes that could hold answers to why the plane crashed.
As the teams gathered, weather was reported to be closing in....while at airports in Barcelona and Dusseldorf, relatives of those on board waited for news.
It's believed all 150 passengers and crew on board were killed.
The flight was travelling from Barcelona to Duesseldorf when it went down high in the mountain range. One minute after reaching cruising altitude, the plane began descending...falling for eight minutes before the crash, according to Germanwings Managing Director Thomas Winkelmann.
"The aircraft's contact with French radar, French air traffic controllers ended at 10.53 am at an altitude of about 6,000 feet. The plane then crashed," he said.
The accident happened in an alpine region known for skiing, hiking and rafting, which is hard for search teams to reach.
Once they do, they will be on the lookout for black boxes that could hold answers to why the plane crashed.
As the teams gathered, weather was reported to be closing in....while at airports in Barcelona and Dusseldorf, relatives of those on board waited for news.