authority is saying germanwings did not issue a distress call. controllers declared distress phase. the controllers declared distress. they were the ones that did the may day. they were the ones said there s distress, but the transponder apparently the 7700 yes. just quoting reuters, dgac says germanwings jet did not issue distress call controllers did the distress phase. we will continue with breaking news on the passenger jet that crashed in southern france. it is feared all 150 people on board have lost their lives. we will be right back.