Rescue Teams Search Rugged French Alps for Crash Site

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150 people were feared dead after anairliner crashed in the French Alps, in what would be worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades.

Image: A rescue helicopter from the French Securite Civile flies over the French Alps during a rescue operation following the crash of an Airbus A320

A rescue helicopter from the French Securite Civile flies over the French Alps during a rescue operation after the crash of an Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes, March 24, 2015. JEAN-PAUL PELISSIER / Reuters

March 24, 2015, 10:24 AM EDT / Updated March 24, 2015, 10:45 AM EDT

A French civil security services helicopter flies in southeastern France near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. It is feared that all 150 people aboard the German airliner were killed when it crashed near a ski resort, in what would be worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades.

Image: FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN-AVIATION-ACCIDENT — Helicopters of the French Air Force and civil security services are lined up in Seyne, southeastern France, on March 24, 2015, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps.ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP - Getty Images

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