Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane, Says Prosecutor

Wall Street Journal ^ | March 26, 2015 | Robert Wall and Inti Landauro

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Heavy.com: Andreas Lubitz: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Andreas Lubitz was the co-pilot of Germanwings flight 9525 who reportedly intentionally crashed the plane into the French Alps and killed all 150 people on board.

Here’s what you need to know:

• 1. He Was German Lubitz, 28, was German national from Montabaur, Germany.

• 2. He joined Germanwings in September 2013.

• 3. He had 630-hours logged as a co-pilot.

• 4. He allegedly locked the pilot out of the cockpit when the pilot went to use the restroom.

• 5. He can be heard calmly breathing on the blackbox as flight 9525 descended and crashed into the French Alps.

[ExCTCitizen]

Hmmmm lawsuits starting in 3....2....1....

[needmorePaine]

Germanwings, the low-fare unit of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, hasn’t disclosed the identity of the pilots....

Why is that?

[blam]

Don’t mention the religion of peace. Everyone knows they wouldn’t have done something as horrible as this.

[Travis McGee]

Probably not a muslim, or he would have been screaming “allahu akbar.” They always do. It guarantees them a trip to Orgy Heaven.

[SE Mom]

http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A44/B58/Pilot-Andreas-Guenter-Lubitz-Rheinland-Pfalz-.html

Here’s something else I discovered about Lubitz..

[lodi90]

Is that 630 total hours of flight time? Euro flight training seems skimpy. I doubt a 28 year old would be flying an airbus of a US airline.

[onedoug]

Islamist facilitation regardless who he was or why he did it.

[Flick Lives]

4. He allegedly locked the pilot out of the cockpit when the pilot went to use the restroom.

I would imagine this would be standard procedure to keep the cabin door locked sort security purposes. I'm a bit surprised the captain would not have a key. Can the door only be opened from inside?

If the copilot can be heard breathing, but nothing else, is it possible the copilot passed out or had a stroke?

[lodi90]

That link is click bait spam. It’s just his name & address with some general background info.

[lodi90]

A locked cockpit door can normally be unlocked from outside, apparently. Here the co-pilot deliberately locked him out. That’s not something done after having a stroke or whatever

[SueRae]

Unreal! FAA recognized as one of the best. With all the screening and cert. requirements, still slips through. Nothing is foolproof.. Good find.

[mware]

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Soutien-%C3%A0-Andreas-Lubitz-h%C3%A9ro-de-lEtat-Islamique/431945353632095

[xzins]

My memory says Rheinland-Pfalz is a state and not a city. Within it are a number of cities. I was stationed there once in the city of Bad Kreuznach.

[armydawg505]

Regardless of his motivation, he is burning in hell today if he did this terrible act.

[Truth29]

"If the copilot can be heard breathing, but nothing else, is it possible the copilot passed out or had a stroke?"

A commentator on CNBC reporting on the German press conference characterized the breathing as calm and normal and not indicative of a health issue. No words were spoken by the co-pilot.

[maggief]

http://pilots-airmen.findthedata.com/l/986395/Andreas-Guenter-Lubitz

[George from New England]

Check your pc for viruses. I had no issue with the link. Straight forward text story.