king felipe: all of us, the king -- the queen, president gallant -- hollane would like to express ourre condolences to the families and loved ones. >> the french president has set up a crisis center to coordinate information about the accident. but for the moment, only a few facts are known. the airbus a320 took off from barcelona at 9:55 a.m. less than one hour later it began a sudden and rapid eight-minute descent crashing your the french alpine resort of barcelonnette in remote mountain terrain. >> french flight controllers lost radar contact at around 10:53 a.m. and, at the approximate altitude of around 6000 feet. >> the first responders have secured the accident zone, but the bad weather and difficult access are hampering efforts to get emergency crews and equipment to the area. for the victims' family and friends in dusseldorf, that means more anxious waiting for news of their loved ones. sarah: our correspondent is at dusseldorf airport where that flight was headed, and sadly never arrived. do you have any more details about what caused the crash? reporter: we do not. there is