germanwings a320 crashed in france
 

148 people on board, oh, man ...

AirLive.net: BREAKING Crash of an A320 in south of France - more details

r.i.p. everyone :helpme :Oh crap

look at the chart, they knew for 10 mins they were going to die before dieing.

seems to be a lot of airplane crashes these days.

"The aircraft was delivered on 1991-02-05 to Lufthansa." Average age for a commercial plane. So, what happened?

How terrible :(

Terrible, this poor people. I hope we will all make it save to Phoenix and back!

I was watching BBC, CNN and TVE in the morning...

terrible :(

Sux.. RIP all.. :(

everytime i am getting ready to fly there is a crash these days :(
poor people

Damn wtf :(

Those poor people what an awful place to crash. Just read they said no survivors, so sad :(

You see the chart on the OP's news story? See how over 15 minutes the plane gained altitude over 1000 feet higher then the flight plan, then quickly descended over 10 minutes until it crashed?

Very strange.

I am taking this exact flight regularly. I am under shock. :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch8NVSAedpA

FlightRadar24: D-AIPX - Germanwings - Aircraft info and flight history - Flightradar24

now just waiting for some terrorists to say it was their job ... now, what a panic, all the airports security and all the hi tech stuff ... :2 cents: even if it will be lie, imagine the panic ... :2 cents: r.i.p. ...

I was thinking the same thing!

strange that nobody is even talking about terroristic attack ... everytime it is one of the main topics, now, nobody, silence ... strange, everyone affraid to know ... :2 cents:

Sad news...

This shit happens quite often nowadays, it's very sad :(

Budget airlines. Not my choice of carriers. May they all rest in peace. Last 10 minutes must have been hell.

Low cost airline again... what sup with all these discount airline having issues? I guess money do sometime save lives, get tickets from better airline pls.

would emergency parachutes on board for all people on board have helped in this case? I always wonder this.

Awwwww man, when i was living in Germany I took that airline numerous times.

Doesn't mean much by blaming the budget /low cost airlines. It could happen to any type of planes. There are so many factors involved why a plane may crash, sometimes its the problem of pilots too.

hello lizz. i agree with you here ... anyway, any chance to read the other thread here on gfy, dedicated to your program? thank you in advance, if not, well ... :2 cents: sorry for off topic ...

Germanwings is under Lufthansa. Also maintenance rules are the same for lowcost carriers and for regular carriers here in EU (and I think everywhere else also), so this has nothing to do with the flight being run under a lowcost carrier.

Also the plane was last time checked on Monday (yesterday) and the pilot has been flying for 10 years for the company.

It doesn't matter, budget airlines or not. Germanwings was launched in 1997 and as wiki says it's the first aircrash in their history.

Sometimes shit just breaks, no matter how much you maintain it...

ok, thank you for the talk, solved and closed for me ... :2 cents: excuse for off topic ...

Yes will see..

Cool beans :thumbsup

That's really terrible :(

Glad to hear not as bad as US. 60 Minutes did a story about underpaid, drunk and over worked regional US carrier pilots that made me think twice about flying regional. Some regional pilots in US are paid as little as 17k a year.

Keep a positive thought, I guess.

Just did a quick wiki search on regional airlines, because I didnt knew whats that really, but as far as I can see a regional airline isn't really the same as a low cost carrier. As you can see GermanWings is flying to many destinations - EU is pretty much covered https://www.germanwings.com/en/infor...e-network.html However as far as I know the largest in EU is RyanAir..

Ah, there you go. I was thinking regional which does look different.

I've always like Lufthansa. Looks like GW is somewhere between regional and big time. Anyway, I hope it was just fate or bad luck and not terrorist or negligence.

That's a beautiful part of France. When I lived in Barca we used to cruise up through there to hike. Sad day today.

Really terrible. I hope its not another terrorist attack as they said the plain was with two engine

Tragic!
 

R.I.P. and a moment of sincere silence for the dead!

yeah no shit, as if they have some special lax rules for safety regulations because passengers save a few bucks..

Budget anything, pay lower wages to staff and usually attract a far less experienced workfotce. Pretty sure that is what people are hinting at here

as previously said: Germanwings = Lufthansa

this could be a possible lead: http://avherald.com/h?article=47d74074

i had just read about that incident a couple days ago.

there basically the same happened - plane went down about 1000m per minute - and was only saved when the pilot switched off the main computer

wrong though - Germanwings is not some 3rd world trash airline - the planes are serviced by Lufthansa Technik - about the best out there

Its not the lax rules, its the airlines like American, who cut corners and falsify docs, yes, they've been caught at it and fined, who put passengers at risk. Anything to bump the bottom line.

the A320 also seems to have some tech issues according to CNN.

sad :disgust:disgust:disgust:disgust:disgust

Everyone takes it personally.

Staff doesn't end at *service* :2 cents:

Very sad for all the families, just read that there were teens on an exchange school trip :(

Other budget airlines are pretty safe in the EU.. Ryanair and Wizz Air never had a fatal accident and they have shitload of routes.. Wizz Air is flying with the same planes (Airbus 320)

It's very sad...I fell very sorry for them and for their families :(

you are saying it is not Aerolineas Argentinas ?

now just someone explain me ... how is possible there is no singed ground or the ruins of the plane? it was not that short trip, the plane felt down in 1/3 of its way, so it must have tons of fuel in the wings :2 cents: some problems on the plane, broken window, and the pilots decided to throw all the fuel out, if that is possible? i really dont understand, where is the apocalyptic earth as always when plane felt down like this? :2 cents: just thinking aloud, hope we will hear soon ...