Passenger plane crashes in French Alps with 148 aboard

Valls said he fears those aboard the flight from Barcelona, Spain, to Dusseldorf, Germany — 142 passengers and six crew members — may be dead.

The plane crashed near Digne les Bains, in the Alpes de Haute Provence region, Valls said. French President Francois Hollande said survivors were not expected.

“The conditions of the accident are not yet clear but lead us to believe there will be no survivors,” Hollande said.