An Airbus A320 operated by the Germanwings airline travelling from Barcelona to Dusseldorf has crashed in the Alpes de Hautes provence in southern France. These are the latest updates:French President Francois Hollande says no survivors expected144 passengers, two pilots and four flight attendants are believed to be on board, according to GermanwingsFrench civil aviation authority says the crew had sent a distress signal at 10.47am local time (9.47am GMT) – 46 minutes after take-offPlane lost altitude four minutes after reaching its cruising heightLocal people say the plane was flying ‘unusually low’ over mountainsThe crash site has been found by investigators at around 6,500ft in the AlpsThe cause of the crash remains unclearGermanwings said it had ‘no confirmed information’ as the news broke #news #disaster #france #frenchmonster