Witnesses of Germanwings Flight Saw Smoke, Heard Explosions Before Impact

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Witnesses told the French Air Force they heard an explosion and saw
smoke coming out of the doomed Germanwings’ A320 passenger plane shortly
before it crashed into the mountains near Digne, southern France,
IBTimes UK can reveal.

A helicopter pilot in the French Air Force
based in Orange, 30 minutes away from the site of the crash, told
IBTimes UK witnesses in the crash investigation told him “they had heard
an explosion and seen smoke”.

The pilot also confirmed that
debris was found upstream from the crash site – which he said confirmed
the fact that the piece of fuselage had “been detached from the aircraft
before impact”.

“The search zone is quite localised, but a piece
has been found upstream, which is a bit unsettling,” the pilot said
from Orange.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/germanwings-…

Another Witness:
Pierre
Polizzi, the owner of a campsite near where the plane crashed, said he
heard the plane making strange noises shortly before it disappeared.

“I
heard a series of loud noises in the air. There are often fighter jets
flying over, so I thought it sounded just like that. I looked outside,
but I couldn’t see any fighter planes,” Polizzi told the Associated
Press. “The noise I heard was long, like eight seconds, as if the plane
was going more slowly than military plane speed. There was another long
noise after about 30 seconds.”

Polizzi said the plane crashed
around 3-11 miles (5-8km) north of his camp. “It’s going to be very
difficult to get there. The mountain is snowy and very hostile.”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015…