The airline jet crashed just after 10:30am France time. Recovery and rescue crews had been able to visit the crash site, after walking and hiking for hours to get there. A helicopter was able to land nearby.
Authorities have said that there were no survivors and that the plane hit the mountain at a very high rate of speed. The largest pieces are no bigger than a small car.
At the present time, terrorism is no suspected, but they really do not know what happened. The aircraft had been in the air for about 30 minutes when it went into an 8-minute dive and hit the mountain.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/french-media-report-plane-crash-alps-148-aboard-105318651--finance.html
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