Pathetic; MYSTERY OVER FINAL MOMENTS OF DOOMED GERMANWINGS FLIGHT AS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS REVEAL THEY RECEIVED NO MAYDAY
All 144 passengers and
six crew were today presumed dead after an Airbus A320 crashed in a remote
region of the French Alps en route from Spain to Germany. Flight 4U9525
disappeared from radar in the Alpes de Hautes Provence after sending a distress
signal at 10.47am local time (9.47am GMT). Debris from the jet, operated by
Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline, has been found scattered over a wide
area near Barcelonnette.
French president Francois Hollande said that he did
not expect there to be any survivors. He said: 'It's a loss, a tragedy which
has happened on our soil.' This afternoon distraught friends and relatives of
the missing passengers and crew were gathering at Dusseldorf Airport to await
news.
Spanish vice-president
Soraya Saez de Sanataria said 45 people with Spanish surnames were travelling
on the Airbus A320.
She later said two
babies were among the dead.
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy
said in a hastily-arranged press conference he was cancelling his diary and
heading back to Madrid to head a crisis cabinet.
He described the
accident as a 'dramatic and sad' piece of news but declined to talk about the
victims.
He said: 'I profoundly
regret this very sad accident. We are going to do all we can.'
He also confirmed he had
spoken with German chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish King Felipe VI.
The monarch announced
today shortly after arriving in France for a three-day official visit that he
was cancelling the trip.
Sixteen German
schoolchildren and their teachers are also feared to be among the dead.
culled from 'Dailymail.co.uk'
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