In the plane of Germanwings crashed on Tuesday were not citizens of Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 25

In the plane of Germanwings airlines crashed on Tuesday were not the citizens of Azerbaijan. This was reported to Azerbaijani embassy in this country by the German Foreign Ministry,Trend Foreign Ministry spokesman Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev told.

This is preliminary information, the investigation is still ongoing, he said.

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on Tuesday after reports of a plane crash instructed the country's embassies in France, Germany and Spain to study the possibility of Azerbaijani citizens among the passengers of the crashed aircraft in the French Alps.

Airbus A-320 low-cost airline Germanwings Tuesday afternoon crashed in a remote region of the French Alps. On board the ship en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, were 142 passengers and 8 crew members. Most likely, all of them were killed, said French President Francois Hollande.

According to media reports, on the board of plane were mainly citizens of Germany, Spain, and, according to some sources, Turkey and several other countries. The causes and circumstances of the disaster are being investigated.

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