Airbus A320 plane crash in Southern France LIVE UPDATES

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
By Paul Martin

RT.com
March 24, 2015

The French Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that 150 people were on board the plane, which includes 144 passengers and six crew members. The Germanwings plane was bound for Dusseldorf after taking off from Barcelona.

14:58 GMT:
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says a helicopter managed to land near the crash site, but no survivors were found. Gilbert Sauvan, from the local council told the Les Echos newspaper that “the plane has disintegrated” He also added that the “largest debris is the size of a car,” AP report.

14:53 GMT:
There is a lot of uncertainty concerning whether a distress signal was sent by the aircraft. The French Aviation Authority are now saying that the Germanwings plane did not issue a distress call.

However, air traffic controllers declared there was a distress phase, which is a situation where there is a reasonable certainty that an aircraft and its occupants are threatened by grave and imminent danger or require immediate assistance.

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