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Flight was headed to Dusseldorf Germany. Reports are none survived. Plane sent out distress signal prior to crash. Weather appeared to be good and plane was about halfway through the flight when it went down. Debris located. 144 passengers and 6 flight /cabin crew.
Last edited by Year2525; 03-24-2015 at 06:49 AM..
Reason: Correct title and some info
Passengers were primarily of Germans and Spanish. Plane was an Airbus A320 in the same class at a Boeing 737 and used throughout the world as a very popular short haul aircraft with a very good safety record. Plane crashed at roughly 2000 meters altitude.
The crash site is inaccessible to ground vehicles. Reports are that the plane was at a low altitude given the nature of the flight through a mountainous region.
Resources from nearby French military base enroute to crash site. German Wings is a subsidiary of Lufttanza and considered a premium low cost air carrier. Updated info that there was no emergency signal from the plane, it was cruising at about 38000 ft, then descended to a lower altitude then once more before crash.
To elaborate a bit on the A320, the airframe family has an extremely good safety record, comparable to the most recent generation of 737s (which is the model's direct Boeing competitor). It has a better safety record than many Airbus and Boeing airliner models.
Of course, any airframe with flights numbering in the millions will eventually experience one or more crashes.
What a bad few years for flying. Seems like we're reading about a new crash every other month or so. Scary and sad.
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