French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says a helicopter has managed to land near where a passenger plane carrying 150 people crashed in the Alps — and has found there are no survivors.
A German airliner traveling from Barcelona to Dusseldorf crashed in the southern French Alps this morning, less than an hour after taking off.
Officials say they do not yet know what caused the crash. Emergency teams are organizing a rescue and recovery operation to get to the wreckage.
Greg Viscusi, a reporter for Bloomberg News in Paris, joinsHere & Now’s Robin Young to discuss the latest in the recovery effort.
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- Greg Viscusi, reporter for Bloomberg News in Paris. He tweets @gviscusi.
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