LIVE UPDATES: GERMANWINGS FLIGHT CRASHES IN FRENCH ALPS; 150 FEARED DEAD, BLACK BOX FOUND

• GERMANWINGS AIRBUS A320 CRASHES IN SOUTHERN FRENCH ALPS
• 144 PASSENGERS AND SIX CREW ON BOARD — ALL FEARED DEAD
• PASSENGER JET HAD BEEN TRAVELING FROM BARCELONA TO DUSSELDORF
• GERMANWINGS CEO: PLANE DESCENDED 31,000FT IN 8 MINUTES BEFORE CRASH
• DEBRIS HAS BEEN LOCATED ON THE ALPS AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 6,500 FT 
• 16 GERMAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BELIEVED TO BE ON BOARD
• DEADLIEST CRASH ON FRENCH SOIL SINCE 2000
• WEATHER WAS REPORTEDLY CALM AT TIME OF CRASH
• CAPTAIN HAD MORE THAN 10 YEARS OF FLIGHT EXPERIENCE AND MORE THAN 6,000 FLIGHT HOURS
• FRENCH OFFICIALS SAY ONE OF THE PLANE'S BLACK BOXES HAS BEEN LOCATED
  

 "This is the hour in which we all feel deep sorrow," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters, adding that she was planning to travel to the crash site.

A recovery team has reached the crash site but there are fears that a looming storm could hamper its work.
Bruce Robin, a prosecutor from Marseille, told the Reuters news agency that he had seen the wreckage of the aircraft from a helicopter.

"The body of the plane is in a state of destruction, there is not one intact piece of wing or fuselage," he said.

Na Mwanaharakati.