Breaking: Germanwings plane crashes over France, 148 dead

[Statistikhengst]

RIP.

Germanwings-Maschine verungl ckt Flugzeugabsturz in S dfrankreich tagesschau.de

Germanwings Airbus crashes in France 148 feared dead Reuters


FYI.


The flight was enroute from Barcelona to Düsseldorf, and crashed somewhere in the French Alps. An SOS was sent out 52 minutes after the Airbus started.

It's all over the German news right now.

More details to follow.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Oops, that's not good.

 

[Statistikhengst]

The flight was a Germanwings flight, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, which has, overall, a very good safety record.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Update:

A spokesman for France's DGAC aviation authority said the airliner crashed near the town of Barcelonnette about 100 km (65 miles) north of the French Riviera city of Nice, and not far from the Northwest border of Italy.

This region is about 2,300 meters above sea level and is full of snow.

400 rescue workers are already in the area, which is hard to reach.
2,000 French Gendarme have also been mobilized to help search the area.

Massive snow is predicted for this area today.

No one knows why the plane crashed, but the radar shows that it suddenly dropped like lead.
No difficulties were reported within Spanish airspace.

The plane was supposed to land at noon in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Extra clergy has been brought to the airport in Düsseldorf and brought those who were waiting on the flight to arrive into an area to inform them and counsel them.

43 passengers were Spanish citizens. A great number, perhaps the majority, were German citizens, on their way back from Spain.

Düsseldorf is one of the finer international airports out there, I've flown in and out of Düsseldorf a number of times. Sad day in Germany.

Luthhansa is going to give out more information in about 5 minutes.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

"If God had intended men to fly He wouldn't have invented Spanish air traffic control." - Red Dwarf

Not making light of it so much as saying Spain maybe has problems with ATC. Looking it up, they seem to strike an awful lot despite earning exoritant salaries (350k to 800k Euros/year.) Strike back in 2010 they just up and walked out. Presumedly with aircraft in the air.

 

[Mad Scientist]

"Suddenly dropped like lead".

That means catastrophic mechanical failure.

 

[Statistikhengst]

 

[Mindful]

This time no Israelis were aboard, as that route is used for a Duesseldorf - Tel Aviv connection.

 

[Roadrunner]

Update:

A spokesman for France's DGAC aviation authority said the airliner crashed near the town of Barcelonnette about 100 km (65 miles) north of the French Riviera city of Nice, and not far from the Northwest border of Italy.

This region is about 2,300 meters above sea level and is full of snow.

400 rescue workers are already in the area, which is hard to reach.
2,000 French Gendarme have also been mobilized to help search the area.

Massive snow is predicted for this area today.

No one knows why the plane crashed, but the radar shows that it suddenly dropped like lead.
No difficulties were reported within Spanish airspace.

The plane was supposed to land at noon in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Extra clergy has been brought to the airport in Düsseldorf and brought those who were waiting on the flight to arrive into an area to inform them and counsel them.

43 passengers were Spanish citizens. A great number, perhaps the majority, were German citizens, on their way back from Spain.

Düsseldorf is one of the finer international airports out there, I've flown in and out of Düsseldorf a number of times. Sad day in Germany.

Luthhansa is going to give out more information in about 5 minutes.

Dropped like lead?

Must have been one of those Stinger missiles Obama lost track of.

 

[Roadrunner]

"Suddenly dropped like lead".

That means catastrophic mechanical failure.

Or, one of the scores of Stingers Obama lost track of.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Sad.

My heart goes out to the families.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Update:

A spokesman for France's DGAC aviation authority said the airliner crashed near the town of Barcelonnette about 100 km (65 miles) north of the French Riviera city of Nice, and not far from the Northwest border of Italy.

This region is about 2,300 meters above sea level and is full of snow.

400 rescue workers are already in the area, which is hard to reach.
2,000 French Gendarme have also been mobilized to help search the area.

Massive snow is predicted for this area today.

No one knows why the plane crashed, but the radar shows that it suddenly dropped like lead.
No difficulties were reported within Spanish airspace.

The plane was supposed to land at noon in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Extra clergy has been brought to the airport in Düsseldorf and brought those who were waiting on the flight to arrive into an area to inform them and counsel them.

43 passengers were Spanish citizens. A great number, perhaps the majority, were German citizens, on their way back from Spain.

Düsseldorf is one of the finer international airports out there, I've flown in and out of Düsseldorf a number of times. Sad day in Germany.

Luthhansa is going to give out more information in about 5 minutes.

Dropped like lead?

Must have been one of those Stinger missiles Obama lost track of.

"Suddenly dropped like lead".

That means catastrophic mechanical failure.

Or, one of the scores of Stingers Obama lost track of.

Well, here we go again with the RWs making fun of tragedy and of course, blaming Obama.

 

[Statistikhengst]

"Suddenly dropped like lead".

That means catastrophic mechanical failure.

Yes.

And now, the really sad message that 20 of those passengers were German schoolchildren whose class had paid a student-exchange visit to a small city in Spain. Heartbreaking. I don't know yet the age of the students, nor is it relevant for the purpose of great sadness, but I suspect they were 8th, 9th or 10th graders.

From the General-Anzeiger Bonn:

"14:44 Möglicherweise Schüler aus Haltern in Unglücksmaschine

Beim Absturz der Germanwings-Maschine in Frankreich befürchtet die Stadt Haltern, dass vermutlich Schüler aus dem westfälischen Ort an Bord waren. "Wir müssen davon ausgehen", sagte ein Stadtsprecher nach einem Gespräch mit der Polizei. Eine Bestätigung fehle aber noch. Die Schüler seien zu einem Austausch in der Nähe von Barcelona gewesen."

The small town of Haltern is not far away from Düsseldorf.

-Moment of silence-

 

[Statistikhengst]

"Suddenly dropped like lead".

That means catastrophic mechanical failure.

Or, one of the scores of Stingers Obama lost track of.

Dude, that's pretty fucking disgusting. Have you no decency at all?

I am quite sure that this flight had absolutely nothing at all to do with politics.

If you have even a mustard-seed of decency in your body, you really should apologize. Damn.

 

[Roadrunner]

Update:

A spokesman for France's DGAC aviation authority said the airliner crashed near the town of Barcelonnette about 100 km (65 miles) north of the French Riviera city of Nice, and not far from the Northwest border of Italy.

This region is about 2,300 meters above sea level and is full of snow.

400 rescue workers are already in the area, which is hard to reach.
2,000 French Gendarme have also been mobilized to help search the area.

Massive snow is predicted for this area today.

No one knows why the plane crashed, but the radar shows that it suddenly dropped like lead.
No difficulties were reported within Spanish airspace.

The plane was supposed to land at noon in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Extra clergy has been brought to the airport in Düsseldorf and brought those who were waiting on the flight to arrive into an area to inform them and counsel them.

43 passengers were Spanish citizens. A great number, perhaps the majority, were German citizens, on their way back from Spain.

Düsseldorf is one of the finer international airports out there, I've flown in and out of Düsseldorf a number of times. Sad day in Germany.

Luthhansa is going to give out more information in about 5 minutes.

Dropped like lead?

Must have been one of those Stinger missiles Obama lost track of.

"Suddenly dropped like lead".

That means catastrophic mechanical failure.

Or, one of the scores of Stingers Obama lost track of.

Well, here we go again with the RWs making fun of tragedy and of course, blaming Obama.

Who made fun of the tragedy?

Lufthansa flights are not known for "dropping like lead".

Don't rule out terror so fast.

 

[Roadrunner]

"Suddenly dropped like lead".

That means catastrophic mechanical failure.

Or, one of the scores of Stingers Obama lost track of.

Dude, that's pretty fucking disgusting. Have you no decency at all?

I am quite sure that this flight had absolutely nothing at all to do with politics.

If you have even a mustard-seed of decency in your body, you really should apologize. Damn.

I am not apologizing for shit.

Point out the last time a Lufthansa flight "dropped like lead".

Terror is ALWAYS a possibility in plane crashes these days.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Sad.

My heart goes out to the families.

And most of the people who fly out of Düsseldorf live in either Düsseldorf (a 45 minute train trip for me), Köln, Bonn or a smaller hamlet in-between. Therefore, it would not surprise me if some locals here may have lost a loved one. I hope not.

 

[Bootneck]

"If God had intended men to fly He wouldn't have invented Spanish air traffic control." - Red Dwarf

Not making light of it so much as saying Spain maybe has problems with ATC. Looking it up, they seem to strike an awful lot despite earning exoritant salaries (350k to 800k Euros/year.) Strike back in 2010 they just up and walked out. Presumedly with aircraft in the air.

What has Spanish ATC to do with an aircraft that was under the control of French ATC at the time of the crash? Apart from which this probably has nothing to do with ATC.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Update:

A spokesman for France's DGAC aviation authority said the airliner crashed near the town of Barcelonnette about 100 km (65 miles) north of the French Riviera city of Nice, and not far from the Northwest border of Italy.

This region is about 2,300 meters above sea level and is full of snow.

400 rescue workers are already in the area, which is hard to reach.
2,000 French Gendarme have also been mobilized to help search the area.

Massive snow is predicted for this area today.

No one knows why the plane crashed, but the radar shows that it suddenly dropped like lead.
No difficulties were reported within Spanish airspace.

The plane was supposed to land at noon in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Extra clergy has been brought to the airport in Düsseldorf and brought those who were waiting on the flight to arrive into an area to inform them and counsel them.

43 passengers were Spanish citizens. A great number, perhaps the majority, were German citizens, on their way back from Spain.

Düsseldorf is one of the finer international airports out there, I've flown in and out of Düsseldorf a number of times. Sad day in Germany.

Luthhansa is going to give out more information in about 5 minutes.

Dropped like lead?

Must have been one of those Stinger missiles Obama lost track of.

"Suddenly dropped like lead".

That means catastrophic mechanical failure.

Or, one of the scores of Stingers Obama lost track of.

Well, here we go again with the RWs making fun of tragedy and of course, blaming Obama.

Who made fun of the tragedy?

Lufthansa flights are not known for "dropping like lead".

Don't rule out terror so fast.

Very, very unlikely.

There was already a case of a Lufthansa that dropped like lead exactly 21 days ago and it appears that a certain sensor that gets stuck when it gets iced up may be the source of the problem. That flight was able to pull up at the last moment. Lufthansa has just announced that this could be the problem.

 

[Statistikhengst]

And to the GREAT credit of the German media, out of respect for the families, no one in the press is trying to photograph or film any of the family-members who were waiting at the airport in Düsseldorf for the passengers on that ill-fated flight. No media frenzy here. The press is situated outside of the airport. Very, very commendable.