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BREAKING: Germanwings Airbus A-320-200 Crashes in the French Alps

posted by janrinok on Tuesday March 24 2015, @01:18PM   Printer-friendly

morpheus writes:

A Germanwings (Lufthansa subsidiary) Airbus A-320-200 airliner has crashed in the French Alps. It is reported to have carried 154 people on board (including 6 crew members). Unfortunately, no survivors have been found so far. There were reports about the crew sending out distress calls shortly before the crash. The flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf was last registered on the radar at 6800 feet.

http://www.laprovence.com/article/actualites/3326948/un-airbus-a320-secrase-dans-les-alpes-de-haute-provence.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/24/us-france-crash-airbus-lufthansa-idUSKBN0MK0ZP20150324

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/24/german-a320-airbus-plane-crashes-french-alps

[Edit 16:35 UTC. janrinok. Source: BBC] The 'black box' has been recovered. The aircraft descent took place over a period of approximately 8 minutes, and communication between the crew and the French air traffic controllers was 'broken' when the aircraft was at an altitude of around 6000 feet. The TV pictures being broadcast show a large number of helicopters being deployed to a snow free landing-zone but the surrounding mountains have significant snow cover and there is a low cloudbase. French authorities have said that the recovery of the bodies will take 'several days'.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Tuesday March 24 2015, @04:31PM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 24 2015, @04:31PM (#162004) Journal

    ..we should find out quickly [what caused the accident]..

    I wouldn't be too sure of the speed with which this will be resolved. The crash site is in a remote mountainous region, covered in deep snow. It will be difficult to find all the pieces of the aircraft, both at the site and working back along it's route, in case the cause was something that separated from the aircraft. It is difficult to even reach the site at present. Weather conditions may also slow the investigation down considerably.

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  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Tuesday March 24 2015, @05:16PM

    by isostatic (365) on Tuesday March 24 2015, @05:16PM (#162029) Journal

    The last 3 major airline crashes (>100 people) were MH370 (unlikely to ever be found, massive mystery), MH17 (ended up in a warzone), and QZ8501 (landed at the bottom of the sea).

    By comparison retrieving the black box here is easy, and has already happened.