UPDATE FROM THE BBC: Germanwings plane crash: Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' 9 minutes ago From the section Europe Andreas Lubitz, 28, seen here on his Facebook profile, is said to have been happy with his job. The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, appeared to want to "destroy the plane", officials said. Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, citing information from the "black box" voice recorder, said the co-pilot was alone in the cockpit. He intentionally started a descent while the pilot was locked out. Mr Robin said there was "absolute silence in the cockpit" as the pilot fought to re-enter it. He said air traffic controllers made repeated attempts to contact the aircraft, but to no avail. Passengers could be heard screaming just before the crash, he added. Details are emerging of the German co-pilot's past - although his apparent motives for causing the crash remain a mystery. Mr Lubitz, 28, had undergone intensive training and "was 100% fit to fly without any caveats", according to Carsten Spohr, the head of Lufthansa, the German carrier that owns Germanwings. A view of the cockpit of the Germanwings aircraft, photographed a few days before the crash Mr Spohr said Mr Lubitz's training had been interrupted briefly six years ago but was resumed after "the suitability of the candidate was re-established". German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters that the co-pilot's apparent actions had given the tragedy a "new, simply incomprehensible dimension". The Airbus 320 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf hit a mountain, killing all 144 passengers and six crew, after an eight-minute descent. Andreas Lubitz: Germanwings co-pilot under scrutiny Started training in 2008, at Bremen and Arizona. Training briefly interrupted - but deemed fit to fly Working as co-pilot, or first officer, since 2013. Appeared pleased with his job Lived in town of Montaubaur, near Frankfurt, reportedly with his parents. Had many friends Facebook profile suggests the active lifestyle of a keen runner, with an interest in pop music We hear the pilot ask the co-pilot to take control of the plane and we hear at the same time the sound of a seat moving backwards and the sound of a door closing," Mr Robin told reporters. He said the pilot had probably gone to the toilet. "At that moment, the co-pilot is controlling the plane by himself. While he is alone, the co-pilot presses the buttons of the flight monitoring system to put into action the descent of the aeroplane. "This action on the altitude controls can only be deliberate." He added: "The most plausible interpretation is that the co-pilot through a voluntary act had refused to open the cabin door to let the captain in. He pushed the button to trigger the aircraft to lose altitude. He operated this button for a reason we don't know yet, but it appears that the reason was to destroy this plane." He said the co-pilot was "not known by us" to have any links to extremism or terrorism. But he said German authorities were expected to give further information on his background and private life later. ____________________________________________________________
If it was because he was dumped by a women,upon discovering of his body they should light it on fire giving the animals a nice bbq.
When I read about this crash 2 days ago my initial thought was it sounded odd, I know a bit about the aviation industry and planes in general and when I read it wasn't a rapid descent but a slow one I thought about hijacking as if there had been an issue they would have turned the plane around and avoided mountains. This actually is much worse IMO. Not the first time there has been a pilot commit suicide (and I still think that's what happened to Malaysia) and sadly likely not the last.
What is to prevent a maniac from flying a plane directly into a stadium on game day? As you mentioned, this happened before, with an AirEgypt flight in 1999 where the pilot (flying out of JFK I think) put the plane into the Atlantic near Nantucket. A lunatic doing this to a sporting event could cause mass casualties that would make 9/11 look tame...
A pilot flying a military jet broke off from formation and crashed himself into a mountain in 1997 as pointed out today.
That's the scary thing because it doesn't seem like this guy deviated off the flight path in anyway, they had taken off from Barcelona(the airport has the Med on one side of it), they flew out along the coast of Spain and Southern France and they began to turn north and head over the Alps into Germany. Nothing seemed odd about the flight pattern. Met Life stadium sits right on the final approach into Newark. The stadiums in Philly only a few miles from the airport, San Diego, LAX, Burbank, Phoenix all sit very close to major stadiums that host major sporting events. There is good and bad here, the door did exactly what it was designed to so a maniac breaking down the door and gaining control of the flight deck seems impossible however once a maniac is at the controls it's anyone's guess what he could do if he knows what he is doing.
His ex said he mentioned something that will make people remember him last year. Sent from my LG-LS720 using Tapatalk
Maybe Lufthansa should have looked at the tattoos on his arms that showed he identified himself with groups of known suicidal plane crashers, they might have been able to figure out what he was up to
I can think of a bunch of ways to kill myself that don't involve taking other people with me that "the world will remember." People really lack imagination these days.
The pilot tried breaking back into the cockpit with an axe. What a horrible situation to be apart of. RIP.
