Mid-Air over Southern Germany
 

Sky News are reporting a mid-air collision between a "Tupolev" and a "Boeing" over Southern Germany. No further details yet. God Bless, if correct.

PA News
PLANES IN MID-AIR COLLISION
A Tupolev and a Boeing airliner have collided in mid-air over southern Germany, state officials said tonight.
The crash happened over the state of Baden-Wuerttember. There was no immediate word on causalities.
A spokesman for the state’s interior ministry said the planes went down near the city of Sigmariegen, near Lake Constance.


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FRANKFURT: Lake Constance.
No further information on the aircraft or passengers aboard was immediately available.
An eyewitness speaking to state German ARD television said he saw two large balls of fire in the sky. Another told the TV station he had seen bodies on the streets.
(me) 012301 jul 02GMT

757F and Tu154 according to German TV.

http://www.heute.t-online.de/ZDFheut...187235,00.html (in German)

A passenger jet and a cargo plane have collided over Lake Constance on Germany's border with Switzerland.
Officials in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg said a Tupolev and a Boeing 757 were involved in the crash.

The planes are reported to have gone down near the town of Sigmariegen, hitting a road by the lake.

A spokesman for the state government said it was feared there had been many casualties.

The state government said pieces of the planes had been found scattered for kilometres around the crash site.

An eyewitness told German state television that he saw two balls of fire in the sky.

Anyone have any more information on this? I've got all the SKy news/PA/AP/Reuters info,
but wondering if anyone knows any solid facts yet on whether passenger/freight? I'm a reporter with a
London newspaper and trying to get as much info as we can at this late hour. Many thanks,
Colin

No idea which airlines are involved yet. Since eyewitnesses have reported two fireballs I would suspect the chances of survivors are very low.

This looks like a very serious incident, the kind of mid-air collision over European airspace which has been feared for years.

The Boeing was a DHL cargo, therefore unlikely to have been anyone other than the crew on board.

God Bless All who were on board

Let's just hope that the loss of life is kept to a minimum. Any word of people on the ground being injured?

Dreadfull news.

:(

In fact it DOES appear that the B757 was operated by DHL.

Condolences to all involved.......

German New report it has been a B757F and a TU154.

Lot of parts went down on a large area of more than 20-30 km.
A school and several houses are on fire.

The number of persons onboard the B757 is believed to be 2, the number of persons onboard the Tu is believed to be 80 by police sources.

Eyewitnesses report they have seen two fireballs falling out of the sky, than there has been an explosion in the sky.
A large third burning part falling down has illuminated the whole sky in red.

The Tu154 is believed to be enroute from Moskow to Barcelona, departure and destination of the B757F is yet unknown.

Police helicopters are in the air in order to search for survivors.

Right now, this seems to be the site that gathers all the info available so far...

http://www.airsafetyonline.com/

According to n-tv/cnn.de it was a 757F and a Tu 154 with about 80 persons on board the Tupolew and two on board the 757. Two bodies found until now and a school, a farm and several houses reported to be on fire.

That is indeed a black day for the european aviation business.

Condolences to all involved

http://www.n-tv.de/3047210.html

The TU154 was en route from Moscow to Barcelona, the DHL 757F was en rout from Bergamo to somewhere in Belgium, collision happened at FL350 in Zurich upper airspace, 2 confirmed dead, buildings burning.
I would assume that all onboard both aircraft have perished.
God rest their souls

BBC reports the TU-154 operated by Bashkirian airlines.

BBC reports German Police say at least 140 dead.

One of our 737s returning from bjv was in the vicinity at the time.
The capt has told me that he heard an american voice suddenly
calling TCAS DOWN,and looking to their right,saw the fireball
at around 36,000 feet,lighting up the sky all around.
Presumably this was the 757 calling.
Both crew a little shaken to have seen it.

The DHL had originated in Bahrain and had stopped at Bergamo. The TU-154 had also stopped in Munich.

The B757 was a PF operated by DHL Bahrain BAH/BGY/BRU.

Heartfelt condolences to the crew NOK.

Heartfelt Sorrows to all.


RIP Guys.

Hogg