Plane crash in France: No survivors likely

A commercial jet with 148 passengers and crew crashed Tuesday in the French Alps en route from Barcelona to the German city of Dusseldorf, the French government said.

No survivors are expected, French President Francois Hollande said, according to USA Today.

"It's a tragedy on our soil," he said. "I want to express all my solidarity to the families of the victims of this air accident. This is a bereavement, a tragedy."

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