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France – The french civil Aviation Authority ( FCAA ) has confirmed that a German-wings passenger plane carrying 150 people including two babies, six crew members crashed in the french Alps on Tuesday, All aboard were feared dead, “said French officials”. 39 passengers out of 144 where Turkish Dogans, they where students residing in Germany.
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There was no clear reason as to why the airbus A320 plane should have crashed in the middle of its flight from Barcelona ( Spain ) to Duesseldorf ( Germany ) and yet the weather conditions in the local area were good, however the German Chancellor Angela Merkel advised people not to meditate on the cause.
10 helicopters, airplanes, more than 300 rescuers and 300 police officers have been deployed and mobilized to work at the crash site in the French Alps, “French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said”.
World leaders said about this plane crash in France!
This time, the plane crash is not involving terrorism, “ The National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said”.
The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said “ a helicopter managed to land near the crash site, but unfortunately no survivors were found.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in her statement that the “shocking news has put her country in deep sorrow and sadness,” The plane crash left different families across Europe in shock.
The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said “all support will be offered to the families of all those that have lost their loved ones in the plane crash and that he was travelling back to Madrid ( Spain ) to call up an emergency meeting concerning this issue.
The white House said that The American president, Barack Obama has been told about the plane crash, therefore the U.S government has offered support to German, French and Spanish officials.” Said the white house.”
This accident is said to be the first biggest passenger plane crash on the French soil since the Concorde disaster in 2000, however its not the first time an aviation disaster stricked near the town of Barcelonette. Air France ( A1953 ) crashed there and killed 49 passengers.
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