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All 150 people on board a German Wings aircraft are well come in the crash of the Airbus in the French Alps killed. It is one of the worst accidents in the history of German aviation. Among the victims were reportedly first 67 German. The Airbus A320 Lufthansa subsidiary crashed en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf on Tuesday morning in a rugged mountain region. Images show numerous debris in the rocks.
German Wings emphasized in the evening several flights. Lufthansa also confirmed that there had been in the accident flyer on the day before the disaster, technical problems. US President Barack Obama and Pope Francis expressed her condolences to the families of the victims of.
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke after a flight above the crash horror “On site there is a picture of horror shows.” One of the flight recorder that will shed light on the cause of the crash was already found. The black box will be evaluated “in the next few hours,” French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve divided according to the newspaper “Le Monde” with the evening. On Wednesday morning at half past six experts wanted to examine the inaccessible accident site near the town of Digne. Snow and rain could hinder their work in addition
Haltern’s mayor. “Blackest day in the history of the city”
On board the machine, according to German Wings were a total of 144 passengers and 6 crew members. “There are no survivors,” the newspaper quoted “Le Figaro” the French Transport Secretary Alain Vidalies. German Wings CEO Thomas Winkelmann spoke of 67 German citizens on board. The federal government had initially no exact knowledge about the number of German casualties.
The victims include 16 students and 2 teachers of a high school in the Westphalian holders. They were on their way back from an exchange in Barcelona. In supporting the Joseph King High School, where 18 of the accident victims went to school and worked was closed. In school, a crisis team was formed. Notfallseelsorger were in use, students lay down flowers. Haltern Mayor Bodo Klimpel spoke of “the darkest day in the history of the city.”
After the disaster, many German Wings crews entered their service, according to the parent company Lufthansa not to. A Lufthansa spokeswoman in Frankfurt confirmed at the same time that the crashed Airbus A320 had been repaired on the day before the disaster due to a technical problem.
German Wings Flights fall out
“Some have their service is not started due to personal reasons, but not out of concern that something is amiss,” said Lufthansa spokeswoman for the German Press Agency. Background for “the refusal of several pilots” to take their service, after presentation of “Spiegel Online” clearly shows that the machine had bad luck all day Monday stood in Dusseldorf due to technical problems. The problem was not a “security-relevant topic, but a noise issue,” said Lufthansa spokeswoman.
The crash around 100 kilometers north-west of Nice was the machine completely destroyed. “I have no doubt that the aircraft has crashed into the wall of rock,” the newspaper quoted “La Provence” an eyewitness who saw the ruins of a mountain pass out. The force of the impact make little hope of finding survivors, said French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.
“horrible images in this mountain landscape. It is nothing but rubble and bodies” tweeted Christophe Castaner, deputy of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, who as Foreign Minister Steinmeier flew over the crash site.
Laying out of victims
In the late afternoon, hundreds of forces and about a dozen helicopters and military aircraft at the crash site near the small town of Prads-Haute-Bléone in use, such as” Le Monde “reported. A sports hall of the mountain town Seyne-les-Alpes was set up by a TV report for the laying out of victims.
The crash site is located in an inaccessible mountainous area between small communities Le Vernet and Prads-Haute-Bléone in southeastern France. The area can be reached only by air or on foot. On the first photos and video recordings from the air is to recognize that debris spread across parts of a rugged valley. Larger pieces of wreckage were not immediately identify.
German security authorities have reported that there is no evidence of a terrorist attack. Even the White House is an accident of: “There is no evidence for an association with terrorism,” said a spokeswoman for the National Security Council of the German Press Agency in Washington
Merkel. deeply affected
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was deeply affected: “The crash of the German machine with over 140 people on board is a shock that we in Germany – and the French and Spanish – in deep mourning crashes, “said the Chancellor. The extent of suffering is immeasurable.
Pope Francis to the relatives of his compassion. He pray for the victims and express his “deep solidarity for all the people who made this tragedy.” US President Barack Obama expressed Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy phone its condolences: “You unswerving friend and ally of America stands them in this moment of sadness to the side.”
Merkel wanted to travel on Wednesday to the crash site. Where she will meet with French President François Hollande and Rajoy. Among the victims are according to government figures, many Spaniards
President Joachim Gauck broke in the face of disaster his trip to South America from. “I’m far away from you mile moderate and quite close to you with my feelings and my grief, “Gauck said. The Federal Government and the Federal Aviation Authority directed a crisis teams.
On Dusseldorf Airport broke the news of the crash shock, horror and grief from. At the VIP lounge, which provided the airport available for members and pastors, members came with completely stained eyes. From a “black day for aviation” said airport spokesman Thomas Kötter.
Before the accident, the aircraft was, according to German Wings in an eight-minute descent. The Head of Flight Operations at German Wings, Stefan-Kenan Scheib, said it had been to no communication.
The crew of the downed aircraft touched down according to the authorities any emergency from. This was reported by the French news agency AFP, citing the competent civil aviation authority DGAC. Therefore, the air traffic control had decided to declare an emergency for the aircraft. There had been no contact between crew and ground control. In the first reports was a distress signal been mentioned.
“Maybe,” a technical problem
The cause of the crash is likely to be released in a few weeks, such as aviation analyst Thomas saquer of the consulting firm Frost & amp; Sullivan said. The machine seems to have rapidly lost altitude, aviation expert Heinrich Großbongardt told the channel N-TV. The radar data analysis showed that there was “maybe” if a technical problem. According to meteorologists prevailed in the region for crash time good weather
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said. “Our thoughts are with those who today people they love lost. ” According to the database of private Flight Safety Foundation Lufthansa had nine aircraft accidents to complain with a total of 157 fatalities -. To Tuesday
German Wings emphasized that the crashed aircraft been the most current computer technology equipped. A technical problem, as it was recently become known at a Lufthansa plane from the same Airbus family was, therefore, not to be expected in the accident pilot, said the head of flight operations, Stefan-Kenan Scheib.
The Airbus A320 is the most successful Airbus model. Of the medium-range jet almost 3700 machines in use worldwide. The time now crashed Airbus aircraft was more than 24 years old
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