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A GERMAN airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps yesterday, with all 150 people on board confirmed to be dead.
The Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in a remote part of the Alps that is extremely difficult to access.
It was carrying 144 passengers and six crew and declared it was in distress at 10.30 am on a flight from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, and went down near the ski resort of Barcelonnette.
A French police helicopter reported spotting debris in a mountain range known as Les Trois Eveches.
The French government said accessing the remote region would present severe challenges as it was snow-bound and inaccessible to vehicles.
Air traffic controller union SNCTA called off a planned strike.
“We are suspending our planned strike as a result of the emotions created in the control rooms by the crash, particularly in Aix-en-Provence,” said union spokesman Roger Rousseau.
