France: Germanwings airplane crashed in French Alps

Rescue operation is ongoing in French Alps, where the German
Airbus crashed
(Image: The Guardian)

An Airbus A320, flight 4U 9535, of Lufthansa’s low cost company Germanwings, heading from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, crashed on Tuesday, 24 March, in French Alps. The airplane carried 150 people, among them 144 passengers and six cabin crew members. There are no survivors, according to the French officials.

Among the passengers died as a result of an airplane crash were at least 67 German citizens, among them 16 school students coming back from vacation. There were also Spanish and French citizens on the board, according to the media.

Ukrainian authorities in cooperation with US and EU start the series of national roundtables and talks amid the tense situation in Eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian Armed Forces launching an anti-terrorist operation
in Eastern Ukraine
(Image: AFP)

Amid the growing tensions in the volatile Eastern Ukrainian regions, where the separatists’ illegal referenda were recently being held, Ukrainian transitional government in cooperation with the Western partners continue the attempts to resolve the deepening crisis peacefully. Though the anti-terrorist operation is still ongoing in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and this campaign, launched by Ukrainian Armed Forces and Security Forces, had significant successes, but there were several losses as well, and local police and local authorities still remain loyal to the pro-Russian separatist groups, controlling some of the Eastern Ukrainian cities.