<<Print>>All 144 passengers and six crew were today presumed dead after an Airbus A320 crashed in a remote region of the French Alps en route from Spain to Germany.
Flight 4U9525 disappeared from radar in the Alpes de Hautes Provence after sending a distress signal at 10.47am local time (9.47am GMT).
Debris from the jet, operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline, has been found scattered over a wide area near Barcelonnette.Two babies were among 45 Spaniards feared dead.French president Francois Hollande said that he did not expect there to be any survivors.
He said: 'It's a loss, a tragedy which has happened on our soil.