[Clubhouse]

Alps Crash Co-Pilot 'Wanted To Destroy Plane'

The 28-year-old co-pilot of the Germanwings flight which crashed in the Alps appears to have brought down the plane deliberately.

The co-pilot of a plane which crashed in the Alps activated the descent button and refused to open the cockpit door to the pilot.

Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin says the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, 28, was alone at the controls of the Germanwings flight and "intentionally" sent the plane into the doomed descent.

He said that the crew member - who won a Federal Aviation Authority award in 2013 - wanted to "destroy the plane".

He said: "We assume the (captain) went to the loo or something. The co-pilot is on his own in charge of the plane, and it is while he is alone that he uses the flight monitoring system which starts the descent of the plane."

The flight monitoring system cannot be accidentally triggered, he added.



"We hear several cries from the captain asking to get in. Through the intercom system he identifies himself - but there is no answer. He knocks on the door and asks for it to be opened - but there is no answer."

The plane ploughed into the side of a mountain at around 430mph, killing all of those on board instantly.

"I think the victims only realised at the last moment because on the recording you only hear the screams literally on the last moments of the recording."

Mr Robin said Mr Lubitz was a German national but does not know his ethnicity or religion.

He said there is nothing to indicate that this was a terrorism-related event. He said he would not speculate on whether the co-pilot had committed suicide.

He said the families are in a "state of shock" and "can't believe what has happened".

Mr Lubitz is understood to have joined the airline in 2013 straight after training.
Breathing could be heard from the cockpit and was normal, which has led investigators to believe he was conscious at the time.

There was no contact made with air traffic control in the final eight minutes of the flight.

Some 500 people are now working on the investigation, which is hampered by the remote location of the crash.

Each body must be removed by helicopter as the mountainside is very steep. The recovery process is expected to take a week.

Aviation security expert Chris Parratt told Sky News: "When you become a pilot, it's not a job you choose overnight.

"It costs a lot of money, a lot of time spent, it costs a lot of money. This is an extraordinary occurrence."

http://news.sky.com/story/1453092/al...-destroy-plane

[Clubhouse]

This is the first officer Andreas Lubitz who appears to have committed suicide and mass-murder...



A flying club which the First Officer was a member of has released a statement in tribute to him:

"Andreas died as First Officer on the tragic flight. Andreas became a member of the association as a teenager, he wanted to realise his dream of flying. He began as a gliding student and made it to become a pilots on an Airbus 320.

He was able to fulfill his dream, the dream he has now so dearly paid for with his life. The members of the LSC Westerwald mourn Andreas and the other 149 victims of the disaster on March 24, 2015.

Our deepest sympathy goes out to the families. We will not forget Andrew. The members of the Luftsportclub Westerwald."


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[Kelseecat65]

A tribute to him? Hopefully they change it, now that they know the truth. What a selfish mass murderer he is.

The screaming of the passengers is heartbreaking.

[alchemistmuffin]

This is Egypt Air 990 all over again: Suicide.....

Judging from the pics of the crash, it might be right. Only thing they may find is just chips of bone and very tiny pieces of flesh and skin. Hell, some passengers might have been vaporized meaning their remains may never be found.

[nyazzip]

Yet another human monster that walked among us.

[Clubhouse]

With his girlfriend....She'll be intensely questioned now about his state of mind.

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[Oswald2001]

Will there be a memorial service at his mosque?

[Clubhouse]

The French prosecutor is likely to change the tone of the investigation of involuntary manslaughter to voluntary manslaughter...I would guess the will make this make the insurance pay-offs higher....What a cunt though, killing 149 innocent people including 14 school children and two babies and he would have known what the passenger manifest was made up of.

[Azimuth]

Originally Posted by Clubhouse ↗

The French prosecutor is likely to change the tone of the investigation of involuntary manslaughter to voluntary manslaughter...I would guess the will make this make the insurance pay-offs higher....What a cunt though, killing 149 innocent people including 14 school children and two babies and he would have known what the passenger manifest was made up of.

You're damn right he did. What a bastard.

[Azimuth]

Originally Posted by Clubhouse ↗

With his girlfriend....She'll be intensely questioned now about his state of mind.

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what are the removed things, here and in the other post. Generally?