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.


French President Francois Hollande (right) attends a meeting with Spain's King Felipe VI (centre) and Queen Letizia at the Elysee Palace in Paris. The three-day state visit of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain has been suspended following the crash of an Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline









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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