The crash of an Airbus A320 Germanwings in the French Alps is at least one Belgian were killed. In all likelihood were 150 people, including 144 passengers, two pilots and four flight attendants, were killed. The circumstances of the crash are still unclear.
WHEN?
The plane of Germanwings, a German low-cost airline Lufthansa was Tuesday, March 24th at something for 10 hours ascended in Barcelona, Spain, to Düsseldorf in Germany, where the 11.30 to land. The aircraft was 20 minutes ascended delay.
An hour after leaving the device disappeared from the radar, above the mountain region of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Initially, there were reports that there would be a distress signal sent out by the crew, but was denied again afterwards. It was the air traffic control who hit alarm because there was no contact with the plane.
WHERE?
The crash took place between the municipalities of Prads-Haute-Bléone and Méolans-Revel, near Barcelonnette. The first fragments were found in very rugged and inaccessible area. The plane is in the Alps at an altitude of over 2,000 meters crashed.
Several rescue teams were sent to the scene of the disaster, but it was not easy for them to reach the spot. On air images show the extent of the devastation after the crash. The whole mountain is littered with shattered wreckage.
CAUSE?
It is still unclear what caused the crash. The unit initially climbed to 38,000 feet before it started to decline. At the time it disappeared from the radar, the aircraft flew at 6,800 feet (about 2 kilometers, ed.). The device has quickly lost altitude and fell about 900 to 1,200 meters per minute. There is no apparent reason that the aircraft had to fall so quickly. This suggests that the device was possible to deal with a technical defect. Especially since the weather over the Alps, the French weather service Meteo La Chaine was calm and it is unlikely that the plane crashed due to inclement weather
Tuesday showed a spokeswoman for Lufthansa know that the Airbus that crashed Monday experienced a technical problem in the French Alps. It is a problem with a hatch that opens and closes at the unfolding of the front wheels. The unit continued all day Monday on the ground in the German city of Dusseldorf. According to the spokeswoman got the problem solved.
This device is already a quarter century old, can according to Belgian pilot Filip Van Rossem are not a cause of the crash. Monday the unit was still a routine check. In the summer of 2013, the unit had received a large check.
Recently, there was, according to German newspaper Die Welt , a warning of potential problems with sensors of some aircraft from Airbus including the A320 aircraft. There were following newspapers have been a number of incidents in which the sensors of the aircraft and the aircraft lost altitude frozen. If there were in the unit Germanwings such problems is far from certain. Research of the black boxes will have to give an answer about. One of the black boxes were found Tuesday in the late afternoon at about ten kilometers from the crash.
The unit of AirAsia that crashed last December in the Java Sea, moreover, was also an A320. But the circumstances of the crash were totally different from those in the French Alps. The A320 will consider a very safe device. It is also one of the best selling single aisle aircraft in the world.
Meanwhile, the spokesman for Lufthansa has said that there is no evidence that it would be a terrorist attack. According to an eyewitness, the aircraft may hit a rock wall. Lufthansa any case assumes an accident. “All the rest is speculation,” he says.
VICTIMS?
The device was room for 160 passengers, 144 so it was almost full. None of them survived the crash. The bodies of the victims will be stored in the gym Seyne-les-Alpes, a neighboring village. Because the area is difficult to reach, it is expected that the recovery of the bodies will still take a few days.
At least one Belgian has been killed in the crash. It would be a Belgian who lives in Barcelona. Possible alternative Belgian victims, there is still no clarity. According to the Dutch Omroep Brabant, there is at least one Dutch victim. It would be a woman of 20. There was also a group of 16 students and 2 teachers from a German school on the plane. In addition, 49 other Germans were still on the plane. On the flight were also 45 Spaniards.
Germanwings?
Germanwings is a German low-cost airline and a subsidiary of Lufthansa. Germanwings, which has existed since 2002, has a good reputation. After the crash of the aircraft Germanwings several flights deleted.
France downed unit Germanwings was en route to Dusseldorf. The third largest airport in Germany is less than 100 kilometers from the Belgian border, so it also attracts travelers in our country. Also from the airport in Maastricht, just across the Dutch border, with flights operated by Germanwings. The low-cost airline has a total of over 80 aircraft.
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