The crash site is within the Massif des Trois-Évêchés , east of the settlement Le Vernet and beyond the road to the Col de Mariaud , in an area known as the Ravin du Rosé . The aircraft crashed on the southern side of the Tête du Travers , a minor peak in the lower western slopes of the Tête de l'Estrop . The site is about west of Mount Cimet , where Air France Flight 178 crashed in 1953
Air France Flight 178
Air France Flight 178
Germanwings Flight 9525