An airbus operated by Germanwings Airline crashed in Southern French Alps and kills all 144 passengers and six crew on board.Passenger jet was travelling from Barcelona to dusseldorf before the incident.
French President Francois Hollande said he believed none of those on board the A320 had survived, while the head of Lufthansa spoke of a dark day for the German airline.
The crashed A320 is 24 years old and has been with the parent Lufthansa group since 1991, according to online database airfleets.net
Culled from Yahoo and Reuters.
