Hope Of Survivors In Germanwings A320 With 150 Passengers On board, Including 16 School Children Appear Slim!

A Passenger plane, A320, making a Barcelona - Düsseldorf's flight for Lufthansa's lowcost arm, Germanwings, with 144 passengers, including 16 school children and six crew on board, crashed near some small isolated area of small villages and hamlets that is difficult to reach; in Bercelonette, Southern Alps- France. 

Information revealed by authorities stated that flight 4U9525 disappeared off the radar at around 11.20am, after it dropped from 11,500 metres to 2,100 metres (38,000ft to 7,000ft) in nine minutes between 10.31am and 10.40am. 

Initial reports said a distress call was made by the pilots at 10.47am but French authorities later said this was not the case. Experts warn, it could take hours for emergency teams to reach crash site

Passenger manifest was being verified.

Photo of the crash site below: