By Jillian MacMath, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
March 24,2015; 9:12PM,EDT
An Airbus A320 carrying 150 people en route to Dusseldorf, Germany, from Barcelona, Spain, crashed in southern France Tuesday morning.
It was not immediately known what caused the incident.
The aircraft, flown by Lufthansa's low-cost carrier Germanwings, went down near the town of Barcelonnette about 100 km (65 miles) north of Nice, according to Reuters.
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We must confirm to our deepest regret
that Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Düsseldorf has
suffered an accident over the 1/5
French Alps. The flight was being
operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft, and was carrying 144 passengers
and six crew members. 2/5
All onboard are believed to have been killed, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in a statement.
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"The weather is going to be deteriorating near the crash site [into Wednesday] as a storm system moves into the region, producing rain and high-elevation snow," Leister said.
Additionally, the remoteness of the area and limited roadways may make it difficult for crews to access the site, Leister said.
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