Agencies

A German low-cost airline Germanwings' passenger jet carrying 148 people has crashed in southern France.

The aircraft crashed around 11 a.m. in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in southern France, Xinhua reported citing BFMTV.

The ill-fated passenger jet was carrying 142 passengers and six crew members when the tragedy occurred. The plane was flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf.

Germanwings is the low-cost subsidiary of Germany's Lufthansa Airlines, Europe's largest carrier.