The Germanwings plane that went down in the south of the French Alps endured a terrifying eight-minute descent before crashing, it has been revealed.
All 150 people on board, including two babies, are thought to have been killed when the Airbus A320 suddenly plummeted near Digne on a flight from Barcelona toDusseldorf on Tuesday morning.
French prime minister Manuel Valls said a helicopter had managed to land near the crash site and had found no survivors.
First pictures from the scene of the crash in the French Alps via La Provence
No one is believed to have survived
Germanwings chief executive Thomas Winkelmann said the aircraft descended 32,000ft shortly after it reached its cruising height of 38,000ft, having taken off from Barcelona at about 10am local time.
This descent lasted eight minutes, he told reporters in Cologne. Radar and air traffic control contact broke off at 10.53am.
He said the captain on board was experienced, had been with the airline and with Germanwings' parent company Lufthansa for more than 10 years and had clocked up 6,000 flying hours on this particular Airbus model.
Winkelmann said the twin-engine plane had a normal service at Dusseldorf on Monday and its last major check-up had been in the summer of 2013.
The flight path of Germanwings according to FlightRadar24
It is thought 67 of the passengers on board were Germans, while reports from Spain suggest that around 45 Spaniards may have been on the flight. There were also reports some Turks were travelling.
The Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium School, in Haltern am See, near Dusseldorf, confirmed during a press conference that 16 of its students and two teachers were on the plane. They are believed to have gone to Barcelona on an exchange trip.
Debris from the 24-year-old airliner has been found at around 6,500ft (1,980m) between Digne and Barcelonnette, French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said, adding he expected "an extremely long and extremely difficult" search and rescue operation because of the area's remoteness.
A file picture of the plane that has crashed in the French Alps
Gilbert Sauvan, an official with the local council, told Les Echos newspaper: "The plane is disintegrated. The largest debris is the size of a car."
According to reports from local news site Le Dauphine, one of the black box recorders was found shortly before 4pm GMT.
There are conflicting reports as to whether the single-aisle aircraft made a distress call before disappearing off radar.
France's transport minister had told the Europe 1 radio station that the Airbus A320 gave out a distress signal at a "worrying" altitude before crashing.
Alain Vidalies said: "What we know at this stage is that this plane, which was travelling on the Barcelona-Dusseldorf route, gave out a distress signal at 10.47am at a moment where it was already at a worrying altitude of 5,000ft.
"This plane then crashed near the Prads commune. It crashed in a place that is inaccessible by road.
"The overview from the helicopter simply permitted a view of the wreckage and a few bodies around the plane."
However an unnamed spokesman for the French civil aviation authority told CNN a distress call was sent out by air traffic controllers after they became concerned at the loss of radio contact with the plane and that it did not originate from the crew.
The French National Gendarmerie warned people not to approach the crash site, tweeting: "Do not attempt to approach the crash zone of the A320. Do not block major roads."
The crash occurred about 15kms (nine miles) from the town of Barcelonnette, probably in the municipality of Meolans Revel, Barcelonnette Mayor Pierre Martin-Charpenel, told HuffPost France. The area where the plane went down is near a popular ski resort.
Emergency teams prepare to travel to crash site
Emergency personnel comprising 210 police officers, 240 fire fighters and a high mountain police squad with a helicopter have been mobilised. "There are peaks at 2800-2900 meters," Martin-Charpenel added.
Lufthansa and Germanwings have set up a free telephone hotline for relatives and friends of passengers on board - 0800 11 33 55 77.
"We don't yet know what's happened. Our deepest sympathies go out of the family of our passenger and crew. If our worst fears are confirmed, this is a dark day for Lufthansa and we hope to find survivors, Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr said in a statement at lunchtime.
Captain Mike Vivian, former Head of Flight Operations at the Civil Aviation Authority, described the airline as a "very competent company" but told Sky News: “It surprises me, that this aircraft flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, would have been at low altitude because nobody goes low in the Alps unless you are landing at Zurich or Geneva.
“So something catastrophic as either taken place or there has been a major emergency. If it was the second it would probably have been preceded or consistent with a radio call.
“I know one or two of your viewers will be concerned because of the recent accident in the Far East, of which we don't know the circumstances. It tends to suggest weather was a factor."
Forecaster Meteo France states the weather was "very calm" in the Alps, but the plane had however gone through an "unpredictable weather zone" in the Mediterranean.
French President Francois Hollande announced: "A counselling unit will be established to provide psychological support.
"I will discuss the incident with (Germany's) Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish King Philip VI, who is visiting us today. As we wait, our first feeling should be one of solidarity."
He added: "I will have meetings with Chancellor Merkel because there were a number of German victims, and I will also contact the King of Spain [who was on an unrelated visit to France on Tuesday].
"This is an air tragedy and we will try to understand the reasons and causes of the accident, and obviously we will give the concerned authorities as well as the victims support.
"This is a mourning period, because this is a tragedy that has happened on our territory. I intend to find out if there were other consequences of the accident ... and we will find out more in the hours to come."
The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation is sending three people to France to join the investigation.
German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier described the crash as "terrible news" and added: "Our thoughts are with those who fear their loved ones are among the victims," he said.
Hamburg aviation expert Heinrich Großbongardt told HuffPost Germany that the plane must have had a "serious technical problem". He added: "An accident at cruising altitude is very unusual."
Airline expert Tobias Rückerl said the crash is a "disaster for Lufthansa" as the company tries to introduce a low-cost model for its flights.
He told HuffPost Germany: "The crash of a Germanwings plane leads to exactly the kind the conversations that they don't need - that low cost is not safe."
A Germanwings spokesman said: "All employees of the Germanwings and Lufthansa are in deep sadness. Their thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the passengers and crew," it said on Twitter.
A room was opened in Barcelona's Terminal 2 to attend to relatives of those who were on the flight.
The plane that crashed was called "Mannheim" and made its first test flight in November 1990.
It was then purchased by Lufthansa and had its first commercial flight in February 1991.
Experts said the aircraft would have been nearing the end of its commercial life after more than 24 years of service.
Spain's King Philip VI and Queen Letizia officially cancelled their state visit to France after they were told about the crash by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
Nick Clegg told Sky News: "All our thoughts go out to the family friends of those people onboard. This must be a traumatic time and our thoughts are with them."
David Cameron's official spokesman confirmed that the Prime Minister had been told of the crash.
"He has been informed of the tragic news of the aircraft that has been lost over southern France and he would wish to express how his thoughts are very much with the families and friends of all of those who were on board that flight," the spokesman said.
The spokesman said that the Foreign Office was making inquiries about whether any British nationals were on board, but had no information to release at this stage.
He said UK air accident investigators would offer any assistance requested by the French or German authorities.
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A helicopter takes off from Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote, snow-covered crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images
LA SEYGNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: French mountain rescue teams and gendarmerie arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seygne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)Claude Paris/AP
A rescue helicopter flies near Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)Claude Paris/AP
Rescue workers and helicopter stand at La Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote, snow-covered crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)Claude Paris/AP
A rescue helicopter flies near Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)Claude Paris/AP
Rescue workers and helicopters stand at Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote, snow-covered crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)Claude Paris/AP
A rescue helicopter flies over Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)Claude Paris/AP
Rescue workers stand by ambulances at Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)Claude Paris/AP
An helicopter takes off at Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across the mountain. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images
LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images
LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images
LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images
LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images
LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images
LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 150 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images
LA SEYNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seyne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 150 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rescue workers and gendarme gather in Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said.(AP Photo/Claude Paris)Patrick Aventurier via Getty Images
LA SEYGNE LES ALPES, FRANCE- MARCH 24: French mountain rescue teams and gendarmerie arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps on March 24, 2015 in La Seygne les Alpes, France. A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner with 148 people on board has crashed in the French Alps. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)ASSOCIATED PRESS
A rescue helicopter flies near Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rescue workers and helicopter stand at La Seyne les Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote, snow-covered crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rescue workers and gendarme gather as a helicopter takes off from Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of Germanwings passenger plane. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Spain's Barcelona airport to Duesseldorf in Germany, authorities said.(AP Photo/Claude Paris)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rescue workers watch a rescue helicopter taking off from Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images
An Aerospatiale AS350 Ecureuil helicopter of the French National Gendarmerie is seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images
A helicopter of the French civil security services flies near Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades.. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images
Members of the French gendarmerie gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images)BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images
French emergency services workers (back) and members of the French gendarmerie gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images)BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images
French emergency services workers (back) and members of the French gendarmerie gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images)BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images
Members of the French gendarmerie gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images)ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images
Helicopters of the French Air Force (back) and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images
Helicopters of the French Air Force (back) and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images
Helicopters of the French Air Force (back) and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images
French emergency services workers (back) and members of the French gendarmerie gather in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images)ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty Images
A helicopter of the French civil security services flies near Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades.. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images
Helicopters of the French Air Force (back) and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images)BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images
A helicopter of the French civil security services flies near Seyne, south-eastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HORVAT (Photo credit should read BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images)BORIS HORVAT via Getty Images
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Share +Today (17:12) GMTLocal Officials Tell CNN Germanwings Plane Was ObliteratedVaughn Sterling, Senior Producer of CNN's The Situation Room, shares on Twitter:Share +Today (17:04) GMTRaw Footage Of Area Around Crash SiteAir news monitor AirLive.net shares the footage:Share +Today (17:03) GMTMore On The Black BoxMore from Reuters on the black box:SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France, March 24 (Reuters) - French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Monday that one of the black boxes from the Germanwings plane that crashed in the Alps has been found."A black box that we found a few hours after the crash will immediately be examined to help the investigation move forward quickly," he told reporters.He said the crash site would be secured this evening to ensure emergency services could more easily enter the area.Share +Today (17:02) GMTWhite House: Crash Doesn't Appear To Be Terror-RelatedThe White House said on Tuesday that the Germanwings crash in the French Alps does not appear to be a terror-related incident.WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - The crash of a Germanwings Airbus plane in a remote area of the French Alps on Tuesday does not appear to have been caused by a terror attack, White House said, adding that U.S. officials stand ready to help investigate."There is no indication of a nexus to terrorism at this time," National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said.President Barack Obama has been briefed on the crash and "U.S. officials have been in touch with French, German, and Spanish authorities and have offered assistance," she said.The State Department is reviewing whether any U.S. citizens were on the flight operated by Germanwings, Lufthansa's budget airline.Share +Today (16:51) GMTFlags Being Flown At Half Mast At Germanwings HeadquartersThe Wall Street Journal's Hendrik Varnholt reports:
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PHOTO: Memorial At School Of Crash Victims
Young girls stand on March 24, 2014 in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium secondary school in Haltern am See, western Germany, from where some of the Germanwings plane crash victims came. Sixteen German teenagers and two teachers on a school exchange trip were assumed to be among the 150 dead in the crash of a passenger jet in the French Alps, officials said.+
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PHOTO: French Government Holds Moment Of Silence
French MPs hold a minute of silence in memory of the 150 people who died in a Germanwings airliner crash during a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris on March 24, 2015.
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