Source: www.theguardian.com - Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Plane was flying from Barcelona to Düsseldorf 150 people were on board, including two babies French officials say there were no survivors 45 Spaniards, 67 Germans believed to be among victims Read the latest news story View gallery of images from emergency response 3.37pm GMT The local news website La Dauphine has published the first photograph of the crash site, showing small pieces of debris scattered over a large area. 3.28pm GMT The French parliament observed a minute’s silence for the victims of the crash. #CrashA320 - L' @AssembleeNat observe un "instant de recueillement" http://t.co/QJH3Fy8CzL #Germanwings #DirectAN http://ift.tt/1CVh80f 3.15pm GMT Reuters has more on the distress call, an issue which has been causing confusion, with even Germanwings saying it was unsure whether one had been made, as it had received conflicting accounts. The news agency has spoken to the French aviation regulator, which seems to have contributed to the uncertainty: Germanwings jetliner that crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday did not issue a distress call during its rapid descent, France’s aviation regulator said. “The aircraft did not itself make a distress call but it was the combination of the loss of radio contact and the aircraft’s descent which led the controller to implement the distress phase,” a spokesman for the DGAC authority said. 3.04pm GMT This graphic starkly illustrates how the altitude of the plane dropped. 3.00pm G
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Plane was flying from Barcelona to Düsseldorf 150 people were on board, including two babies French officials say there were no survivors 45 Spaniards, 67 Germans believed to be among victims Read the latest news story View gallery of images from emergency response 3.37pm GMT The local news website La Dauphine has published the first photograph of the crash site, showing small pieces of debris scattered over a large area. 3.28pm GMT The French parliament observed a minute’s silence for the victims of the crash. #CrashA320 - L' @AssembleeNat observe un "instant de recueillement" http://t.co/QJH3Fy8CzL #Germanwings #DirectAN http://ift.tt/1CVh80f 3.15pm GMT Reuters has more on the distress call, an issue which has been causing confusion, with even Germanwings saying it was unsure whether one had been made, as it had received conflicting accounts. The news agency has spoken to the French aviation regulator, which seems to have contributed to the uncertainty: Germanwings jetliner that crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday did not issue a distress call during its rapid descent, France’s aviation regulator said. “The aircraft did not itself make a distress call but it was the combination of the loss of radio contact and the aircraft’s descent which led the controller to implement the distress phase,” a spokesman for the DGAC authority said. 3.04pm GMT This graphic starkly illustrates how the altitude of the plane dropped. 3.00pm G
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