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Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane, Says Prosecutor
Wall Street Journal ^ | March 26, 2015 | Robert Wall and Inti Landauro

Posted on 03/26/2015 5:21:36 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 appears to have deliberately crashed the plane after he was left alone in the cockpit, according to a French prosecutor.

The captain was intentionally locked outside minutes before the A320 crashed into an alpine mountain ridge, French Prosecutor Brice Robin said Thursday. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, a 28-year-old German national, was silent throughout the plane’s descent and was alive at the point of impact, according to the prosecutor.

Mr. Robin’s conclusions are drawn from the plane’s cockpit voice recorder, recovered at the crash site in the French Alps late Tuesday and analyzed by French accident investigators on Wednesday.

The recording contains screams believed to be from passengers, once they recognized the plane was crashing.

Investigators are now exploring why Flight 9525 went into its unauthorized descent from its 38,000-foot cruising altitude with one crew member absent. The descent led to the crash about 10 minutes later.

French air accident investigators said on Wednesday they extracted information from the jet’s cockpit voice recorder. The recording contained voices and other sounds, said Rémi Jouty, director of France’s aviation accident investigation office, which is leading the probe. He added that there was no explanation yet for why the plane went down.

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

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 4u9525; 9525; germanwings; lubitz; planecrash; terrorism
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To: lodi90
Unexplained 6 month break in his flight training for one.

Jihadi training in an islamist camp somewhere?..............

161 posted on 03/26/2015 7:55:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: trisham

For sure. The ramifications of this investigation might prove to be a revelation of immense proportions...........


162 posted on 03/26/2015 7:56:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: mware

This page has been taken down. Why would that be done if it wasn’t his page? There is another page floating around they say is his, but I heard it was down also. Could he have had two FB handles?


163 posted on 03/26/2015 7:59:39 AM PDT by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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To: Red Badger; P-Marlowe

I thought that this post, on another thread, was an interesting possibility:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3272302/posts?page=27#27


164 posted on 03/26/2015 7:59:42 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Yaelle

Agreed. It’s either his religious or sexual orientation, or perhaps both.


165 posted on 03/26/2015 7:59:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Red Badger

That could be.


166 posted on 03/26/2015 8:00:28 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: hoosiermama

FB page back up. Not sure if it’s legit. “Likes’ look correct.

https://www.facebook.com/andreas.lubitz.3


167 posted on 03/26/2015 8:00:32 AM PDT by maggief
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To: TexasGunLover

You are correct. As a certificated airman, I am authorized to ride in the cockpit and have been the one to lock the cockpit door many times. On our aircraft at least, the CRJ-900, once that door is locked, you are not getting in from the outside unless it’s unlocked from the inside. No key or keypad..


168 posted on 03/26/2015 8:00:37 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe..)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“He said Lubitz had never been flagged as a terrorist and would not give details on his religion or ethnic background. German authorities were taking charge of the investigation into the co-pilot.”

This is gonna be good.


169 posted on 03/26/2015 8:02:19 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: maggief

Who has a FB page without any friends? Would FB have removed information from its pages after an event like this crash?


170 posted on 03/26/2015 8:03:19 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

Looking at ‘friends’ who ‘liked’ his posts.

Andreas Lubitz
December 31, 2011 ·
Euch allen da draußen in der Welt ein frohes und gesundes neues JAHR 2012!!
All of you out there in the world a happy and healthy new year 2012!
Translated by Bing
Share
4 people like this.

Tobias Kru Das wünsche ich dir auch!! Wir sehen uns ja in 3 Monaten!
I wish you well! See you in 3 months!
Translated by Bing
December 31, 2011 at 2:09pm
News Feed

Andreas Lubitz was with Tobias Heisig at Las Marenas Resort.
November 20, 2011 ·


171 posted on 03/26/2015 8:05:46 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Yaelle
Secret Muslim? What is the missing part of this puzzle?

Some very powerful motive must have precipitated this calm, deliberate act of suicide and murder which took some amount of time to complete.

Based on the little info we already know about him, he seemed perfectly normal, even exemplary. But "normal" people don't just go off the rails at a moments notice, and particularly at the controls of an airliner in a situation which can only be described as deliberate and pre-planned.

The authorities will eventually get to the bottom of this and I'll bet the answer won't be Politically Correct.

172 posted on 03/26/2015 8:06:10 AM PDT by Gritty (Obama is fighting on the side of our enemies, therefore, committing treason - David Meir-Levy)
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To: maggief

Not very many, and then there’s this:

“No friends to show”


173 posted on 03/26/2015 8:07:47 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: babble-on

“Andreas Lubitz is the murderer.”

Andreas Lubitz is a terrorist.


174 posted on 03/26/2015 8:09:19 AM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear; SE Mom; Yaelle

Twitter has been mentioned.
Wonder if he had connections to any Nazi groups. In the back of my mind I keep thinking of Saddams (muslim ) connections to the Nazi during WWII and how some of those friendships continued for generations
How active are these social networks in his home town and home base?


175 posted on 03/26/2015 8:09:21 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: Gritty

Yep, his motive will be found, I have no doubt about that.


176 posted on 03/26/2015 8:09:59 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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“Andreas Lubitz was with Tobias Heisig at Las Marenas Resort.
November 20, 2011 “

Link: https://www.facebook.com/MarenasBeachResort?pnref=story&rf=163558433668051

++++++++++

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177 posted on 03/26/2015 8:13:09 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Yaelle

What was his mothers maiden name?


178 posted on 03/26/2015 8:13:38 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: maggief

Who is Tobias Heisig?


179 posted on 03/26/2015 8:17:39 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: trisham; maggief

Hmmmm? Friends have been removed
Now under investigation ?


180 posted on 03/26/2015 8:17:53 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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