(Photo) Lagi kapalterbang terhempas: Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crashes into French alps.

A plane operated by the budget carrier of Germany's Lufthansa has crashed in a remote area of the French Alps killing all 150 on board.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has confirmed two Australians, a mother and her son from Victoria, were among dead.

Here is what is  known so far:

• Germanwings Airbus A320 crashes in southern French Alps
• 144 passengers and six crew on board — all feared dead
• Passenger jet had been traveling from Barcelona to Duesseldorf
• Germanwings CEO: plane descended 31,000ft in 8 minutes before crash
• Debris has been located on the alps at an altitude of about 6,500 ft
• 16 German high school students believed to be on board
• Deadliest crash on French soil since 2000
• Weather was reportedly calm at time of crash
• Captain had more than 10 years of flight experience and more than 6,000 flight hours
• French officials say one of the plane's black boxes has been located and recovered
• Two Australians, a mother and her son from Victoria, confirmed victims
• Leading opera singers Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak were also among the passengers killed

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