24-year-old plane, the Airbus A320, took off before the hour. 10 of Barcelona and flew to Duesseldorf in Germany. Crashed at an altitude of approx. 2 thousand. meters above sea level in Meolans-Revel in the French Alps. The plane disappeared from radar near the town of Barcelonnette.
According to the White House, there is no indication yet that the disaster was in any way connected with the act of terror. Heike Birlenbach, Vice President of the German Lufthansa, which include Germanwings, stated that the carrier is currently considered a disaster for the accident. “All the other versions would be speculation,” – she said.
Airlines, Germanwings reported that the plane traveled 150 people, including six crew members, including 67 Germans probably; reported that on board were two infants, as well as 16 German teenagers participating in an exchange with one of the Spanish high schools.
According to the Spanish on the preliminary lists of passengers were listed 45 Spanish names. Francois Hollande, the French president, in turn, passed that in addition to Spaniards and Germans were also on board “without a doubt” the Turks.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Rafał Trzaskowski said Tuesday evening that after preliminary verification by the consular services of the Polish Foreign Ministry does not confirm that on board the aircraft were Polish citizens.
Germanwings spokesman Thomas Winkelmann emphasized at a press conference that the controls of the machine sitting pilot with 10 years experience, who had flown 6 thousand. hours. Reported that the plane was controlled on Monday night, and the last technical inspection passed in 2013.
Presenting the course of the disaster, a spokesman indicated that the aircraft reached the chair. 10.45 provided the amount of 12 thousand. meters and then after one minute began to decrease rapidly – within 8 minutes was at the height of 2 thousand. m.
Main Germanwings pilot Stefan Scheib noted that Airbus pilot, for unknown reasons, did not report the flight reduction .
Originally reported that the crew of the Airbus sent an SOS signal approx. hours after the start of the Spanish airport. However, later the French General Directorate of Civil Aviation announced that the plane did not give the signal, only traffic control decided to launch the so-called. distress phase, the highest of the three levels of alarm when lost contact with the crew.
On Wednesday, the crash site will go to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. In the vicinity of the crash site had arrived French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. In the afternoon, the head of the Interior Ministry confirmed that found one of the black boxes, which will be immediately communicated to the investigators.
Chancellor Merkel said that in a telephone conversation with Hollande and Rajoy has determined that the three countries will assist in explaining the causes of the disaster.
Memorial families of the victims gave President Bronislaw Komorowski. “I wanted to share the deep sorrow and pain due to the scale of the drama, which is the plane crash German airlines in the French Alps” – he said.
Memorial also by European Council President Donald Tusk and the heads of the European Commission and the EuropeanParliament, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Martin Schulz.
As a result of the disaster King of Spain Philip VI broke just started a state visit in France.
Airbus A320 aircraft is one of the most popular mid-range in the world. The sky summer now over 3.5 thousand. such machines.
This is the first plane crash accident in France Concorde Air France, in which in 2000, 113 people were killed. It was also the country’s most tragic plane crash 30 years, when the plane crashed in Corsica Inex Adria Yugoslav; 180 people were killed.
(RC)
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