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The French Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that 150 people were on board the plane, which includes 142 passengers and eight crew members. The Germanwings plane was bound for Dusseldorf after taking off from Barcelona.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed condolences to German Chancellor Angela Merkel following the crash of the Germanwings Airbus A320 plane. German citizens are believed to have made up the majority of the passengers on the jet.
The owner of a camp site in the French Alps near the scene of the crash says he heard a series of loud noises coming from the air before the Germanwings A320 Airbus crashed. Pierre Polizzi told AP the noise began at 11:30 local time.
Polizzi said it would be difficult to get to the site of the crash. “The mountain is snowy and very hostile.” …. http://rt.com