President of France Francois Hollande said there were passengers from Germany, Spain and Turkey on board of the crashed Airbus belonging to Germanwings company, Gazeta reported quoting AFP.

As reported earlier, 150 people were on board the plane with a majority of them being German. 

An Airbus A 320 of Germanwings company has crashed in the south of France between Barcelonnette and Digne. The flight was traveling from Barcelona to Dusseldorf.