Moscow Mourns Germanwings A320 Crash in Alps

Political tensions with the EU over Russia's involvement in Ukraine took the backseat on Wednesday as people laid flowers and notes of condolences at the German Embassy in Moscow.



An Airbus A320 passenger plane operated by Lufthansa's budget subsidiary Germanwings crashed in a remote area of the French Alps on Tuesday with all 144 passengers and six crew on board feared dead.



Germanwings believed 67 Germans were on the flight and Spain said 45 passengers had Spanish names. One Belgian was aboard, Australia said two of it nationals had died and Britain said it was likely some Britons were on the plane, Reuters reported.



Russian news agency Interfax said Wednesday three citizens of Kazakhstan had also been among the passengers of the A320 Flight, adding the Russian Embassy in Madrid said it had no information on whether there had been any Russian citizens on board the fatal flight.

The notes read:



"In these difficult times, we express our support and solidarity with the German people." (top)



"Russia joins Germany in mourning the victims of Germanwings Flight 9525." (bottom)