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Shares in Lufthansa and Airbus were down 4.17 per cent and 2 per cent respectively on Tuesday as details of a plane crash emerged. See live updates here.
Lufthansa shares were down 4.17 per cent The Airbus A320 was operated by Germanwings, which is owned by the German airline Lufthansa. The plane was travelling between Barcelona and Dusseldorf when it crashed in Southern France.
Shares in Airbus, which manufactures the aircraft, were down 2 per cent
Passenger aircraft crashes in last twelve monthsShow all 7 1 /7Passenger aircraft crashes in last twelve months Passenger aircraft crashes in last twelve months 8th March 2014 - Malaysian Airlines MH370 The international passenger plane, carrying 227 passengers and 12 Malaysian crew members, disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. An investigation into the plane's disappearance is still ongoing.
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Passenger aircraft crashes in last twelve months 17th July - Malaysian Airlines MH17 Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over Ukraine. There were 283 passengers and 15 crew on board. There were no survivors.
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Passenger aircraft crashes in last twelve months 23rd July - TransAsia Airways Flight 222 TransAsia flight, carrying 58 people, crashed en route from Kaohsiung to Penghu, Taiwan. There were 10 survivors.
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Passenger aircraft crashes in last twelve months 24th July - Air Algerie International passenger flight from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, Algeria came down in Mali with 110 passengers and six crew on board. There were no survivors.
Passenger aircraft crashes in last twelve months 28th December - AirAsia Flight 8501 AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared en route to Singapore from Surabaya, Indonesian, carrying 155 passengers and seven crew. The wreckage was discovered in January but there were no survivors.
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Passenger aircraft crashes in last twelve months 9th March - Villa Castelli helicopter collision Two helicopters collided mid-air near Villa Castelli, killing all ten people on board. Three of those killed were well known French athletes partaking in a reality TV show.
Passenger aircraft crashes in last twelve months 24th March - Germanwings Airbus A320 crash A stele in memory of the victims of the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash is pictured in the small village of Le Vernet, French Alps, near the site where a Airbus A320 crashed on 24 March
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