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No survivors likely in A320 crash in Alps — Hollande

An Airbus A320 carrying 142 passengers and six crew members crashed in the French Alps en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf
Germanwings Airbus A320 plane (archive) EPA/ROLF VENNENBERND
Germanwings Airbus A320 plane (archive)
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PARIS, March 24. /TASS/. No one of the148 people on board the Airbus A320 that went down in the French Alps is likely to have survived the crash, French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday

The plane en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf was operated by Germanwings, Lufthansa's budget airline.

Hollande said the crash occurred in rugged terrain of the French Alps.

Lufthansa shares fell by 3% in Frankfurt following the crash reports.