All Passengers Feared Dead In French Alps Plane Crash

French President Francois Hollande said he believed none of the 148 people on board the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps in southern France on Tuesday had survived.

“There were 148 people on board,” Hollande said.

“The conditions of the accident, which have not yet been clarified, lead us to think there are no survivors.”

He said there was likely to be a significant number of German victims.

He added: “The accident happened in a zone that is particularly hard to access.”

Earlier French Prime Minister Valls said he had activated the ministerial crisis cell to help coordinate the aftermath of the crash.

He added that he had sent Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to the site of the incident. Valls said he had activated the ministerial crisis cell to help coordinate the aftermath of the crash. He added that he had sent Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to the site
of the incident.

SABC