Investigators have begun the painstaking process of trying to determine why an Airbus A320 carrying 144 passengers and six crew members on a scheduled flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf suddenly started descending over the south of France before crashing in the French Alps.
Germanwings A320 Carrying 150 Crashes in French Alps
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Key Takeaways:
- A Germanwings Airbus A320, Flight 9525, crashed in the French Alps en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, with all 150 passengers and crew presumed dead.
- Investigators are focused on determining why the aircraft began an eight-minute "controlled descent" from cruising altitude without issuing a distress call, despite good weather conditions.
- Speculation suggests pilot incapacitation or an unmanageable emergency may have prevented the crew from diverting to a nearby airport.
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