Germanwings A320 with 144 passengers and 6 crew crashes in French Alps

Germanwings A320 (picture alliance)

An Airbus plane operated by Germanwings crashed on Tuesday over southern France and it was likely that none of the 150 people on board survived, German air traffic authorities and French officials said.

The Airbus A320 plane was carrying 144 passengers and six crew members when it went down over the French Alps as it made its way from Barcelona to the German city of Dusseldorf, French media reported. French President Francois Hollande said in televised remarks that it was likely that no one survived.

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