Round-up of items from the French and German press
* The accident site is extremely prone to avalanches, according to a local guide; one took place only this morning.
* Deadliest French air accident since a DC-9 flew into the side of a mountain near Ajaccio (Corsica) in 1981.
* None of the victims are believed to be French. 45 Spanish; the remainder presumed mostly German and Turkish.
* Local people in the villages adjoining (which only have populations of a couple of hundred each) say that they heard nothing.
* According to La Provence, the débris field extends over an area of two square kilometres.