Germanwings plane lost "freakishly close" to 1953 crash site

The International Business Times used the term after Germanwings Flight 9525 was lost in the French Alps. That's less than a mile from where an Air France Lockheed L-749A Constellation went down near the village of Barcelonnette during landing on Sept. 1, 1953.

The Aviation Safety Network reports when the Connie crashed, "all 33 passengers and nine crew members were killed Among the passengers a famous French violinist, Jacques Thibaud."

ASN  went on to note, "investigators concluded that the flight had deviated from the planned course for unknown reasons."

The Germanwings A320 was said to have descended for eight minutes before plowing into the mountains. The black boxes were found, but one is said to be missing its memory card and the other was badly damaged.

The editor of Flightglobal, David Learmount tweeted,

150 people, including two Americans are thought to have died in the crash.

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