LIVE! Plane took 8 minutes to descend from 38,000 feet, then crashed
March 24, 2015 19:56
According to Germanwings officials, flight 4U 9525 took eight minutes to descend from 38,000 feet. Contact between the plane and French air traffic controllers broke off at 10:53 (local time) at an altitude of approximately 6,000 feet.
According to a Germanwings official, 67 Germans are believed to have been on board.
The plane then crashed.