LIVE. A320 crash: black box was found – The Obs

Update

• An Airbus A320 of the low cost airline Germanwings German crashed late Tuesday morning near Digne-les-Bains, in the Alpes-de-Haute -Provence.
• The flight was declared “in distress” at 10:30 local, near Barcelonnette, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
• 150 people, including six crew members were aboard the flight. According to François Hollande, the “ es accident conditions suggest that there would be no survivors “.
• hotlines have been set up for relatives passengers. This is the 0800 00 97 85 in France. Emergency numbers have also been set up in Spain (0034 91 39 48 900) and Germany (00 49 30 50 00 30 00)

6:20 p.m. -. Holland Merkel and Rajoy “at the scene of the disaster” Wednesday

“The President will welcome Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon “says the Elysee

18h. – A fighter plane in contact with the device

Because of the loss of contact, a plane hunting of the Air Force went to contact the unit and a helicopter of the gendarmerie, in particular to prevent any acts of terrorism, reports “The World”.

5:55 p.m. – A black box found, confirming Cazeneuve

“This will allow the ongoing legal investigation to progress,” the interior minister

17.30 – “Parents have heard the news in the media”

“This morning, our students returned from Barcelona after an exchange with Spanish students,” explains the director of German high school, 16 students were on the plane.

“The parents heard the news in the media and then sought information themselves to see if the plane had landed their children . Then some went to Düsseldorf, others in school, “the director of the institution.

In such a situation, I must say that we are very well together. We have psychologists, a crisis unit and listening to students. Tomorrow, the school will not be closed. The courses will not take place normally, children will be encouraged to talk about what happened. “

5:25 p.m. – Manuel Valls suspend its involvement in the campaign

Prime Minister suspends its activities in the countryside county for 24 hours to manage the crisis.

5:20 p.m. – “A black box was found”

The MP Christophe Castaner, who flew over the crash site with the Minister of the Interior and is currently in crisis HQ on iTV ensures that the black boxes of the aircraft was found

5:10 p.m.. – Relief organize

4:50 p.m. – Cazeneuve: “There is little hope that there are survivors”

“The violence of the shock leaves little hope, “says the Minister of the Interior, which specifies that” there is at present no surviving “.

” exceptional means of investigation and rescue “were deployed after the crash adds Bernard Cazeneuve:” 300 firefighters “,” 300 soldiers of the National Gendarmerie, “” ten helicopters and military aircraft “

4:40 p.m. – “There are a lot of scattered debris”

“Nothing has been touched so that investigators are not there,” said Lieutenant Colonel gendarmerie John Paul BLOIN in Seyne-les-Alpes, a neighboring commune of the place of the tragedy.

“The helicopters can not land, we will use the technique of the tow,” the lieutenant Colonel Jean-Paul BLOIN.

“It happened in an area of ​​about one hectare, very bottom, sidehill,” he says. “There are a lot of scattered debris, it will be extremely difficult to meet the elements and operate,” reports the military, also evoking the presence of “some large debris, perhaps half a dozen.”

4:35 p.m. – A survivor

Several media suggest the possibility of a crash survivor

16:30 -. Families of victims face horror

Find the place of the beginning of the afternoon events here.