Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crashes, all 148 passengers feared dead

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According to reports furnished by French civil aviation authority, a German plane carrying at least 142 passengers and six crew members from Barcelona to Düsseldorf crashed Tuesday in French Alps. French President Francois Hollande said it was likely all passengers and crew on the Airbus A320 had perished in the crash. "There are not thought to be any survivors," the president told reporters

"Flight #4U9525 was descending with a rate of about 3000-4000 feet per minute, which is quite standard for an airport approach... Flight #4U9525 initially climbed to 38,000 feet before before it started to descend and lost signal at 6,800 feet," Flight Radar 24 tweeted. 

Last position of Germanwings flight #4U9525 at 09:40 UTC http://t.co/FHoX6q0GHt pic.twitter.com/72pxGKolRM
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 24, 2015

It further tweeted "Germanwings A320 D-AIPX is one of the oldest A320 with serial number 0147 and was delivered in Nov 1990."