No survivors in the Germanwings plane crash
Germanwings is part of Lufthansa
None of the 150 people aboard a Germanwings plane that crashed into the French Alps on Tuesday survived, France's junior transport minister said.
"There are no survivors," Alain Vidalies said, adding that the crash happened shortly after the pilot issued a distress signal in good weather.
"A distress call was registered at 10:47. The distress signal showed the plane was at 5,000 feet in an abnormal situation," Vidalies said.
The plane, which was en route from Barcelona, Spain, to Duesseldorf, "crashed in the Estrop
Germans, Spaniards, 'probably' Turks among dead in crash
French President Francois Hollande said the 150 people killed in Tuesday's plane crash in the French Alps included Germans, Spaniards and "probably" Turks.
He said that he could not say with "total certainty" that no French nationals were aboard the Germanwings flight that crashed in a remote, snowbound area while en route from Barcelona, Spain, to Duesseldorf, Germany.
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