German Airbus A320 plane crashes in French Alps

A passenger plane flying from Barcelona to Düsseldorf crashed in a remote and mountainous area of southern France on 24 March 2015.

The Airbus A320 making the flight for Lufthansa’s lowcost arm, Germanwings, crashed near the small mountain village of Barcelonette in the southern Alps.

A distress call was made by the aircraft at 10.47am, while the plane was 'in an abnormal situation', the French transport ministry said. The crash happened shortly afterwards, it added.

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Washington Post, 29.03.15: Germanwings co-pilot worried about job security, officials say http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/germanwings-co-pilot-worried-about-job-security-officials-say/2015/03/29/7a972b58-d603-11e4-ba28-f2a685dc7f89_story.html

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