DHAKA: An Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne.

French aviation officials and police have said, reports the BBC.

The jet belongs to the German low-cost airline Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa.

The plane had reportedly been en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf and was carrying 142 passengers and six crew.

Both Airbus and Germanwings have said they aware of the reports but cannot yet confirm them.

BDST: 1710 HRS, MAR 24, 2015