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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....

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 4u9525; 9525; germanwings; lubitz; planecrash; terrorism
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To: ConservativeMind

Or the folks in first class lose one of their toilets - just build out the cockpit a little more to put the first class toilet in the cockpit for pilots only.

C


201 posted on 03/26/2015 8:50:38 AM PDT by alphadoggie
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To: lodi90

What’s with all this “gay” speculation?
I know a lot of folks around here don’t approve of homosexuals and gay marriage, but that seems like a ridiculous reach that being gay had something to do with it.


202 posted on 03/26/2015 8:52:01 AM PDT by alphadoggie
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To: ozarkgirl

This is weird to me too.

I’m a nervous flier, and the moment we start to make an ascent or descent when we’re at cruise altitude I know it and freak out. You can bet I would notice immediately and have my cellphone out and calling the second I got a signal if we were descending 3,000 feet a minute in the middle of a flight with no notice from the flight deck as to why...


203 posted on 03/26/2015 8:53:46 AM PDT by alphadoggie
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To: maggief

Looks like it’s been turned into a memorial page


204 posted on 03/26/2015 8:55:12 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: lodi90

It would have seemed completely unusual when you knew you were in the middle of the flight. 3,000 feet a minute is more than enough for everyone to be feeling it — it is a much more rapid descent than you make on a landing path until you’re very near landing.


205 posted on 03/26/2015 8:55:28 AM PDT by alphadoggie
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To: xzins
“I was stationed there once in the city of Bad Kreuznach.”

I was stationed at Spangdahlem, AB - 1984-86. The Rheinland-Pfalz is one of the 16 states.

206 posted on 03/26/2015 8:59:01 AM PDT by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: az_gila

wonder if this is the same flight school some of the 9-11 wannabe pilots tried to get training?


207 posted on 03/26/2015 8:59:45 AM PDT by cuspofcommonsense
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To: fivecatsandadog

Translation from http://www.pi-news.net/2015/03/german-wings-absturz-kapitaen-aus-cockpit-ausgesperrt-suizid-des-co-piloten/

“The West German politicians knew from the beginning that this was not a technical defect , but a deliberately induced guided suicide (for whatever reason) . Because otherwise is not to explain why France has chased 3 interceptor behind the Boeing . They had scared of an attack on a nuclear power plant. Merkel and FRG leaders went on the Ars.h Grundeis that this was an Islamic attack , so the comic reactions of Merkel and FRG politicians . The political elite BRD was in total panic , and was afraid of the consequences !!! Now it will continue as before , Islam = peace , Islam is part of Germany , the Islamization does not occur. But I did not stop an Islam do not rule out anyway, now more than ever! I believe that nothing more ! 7 nuclear facilities within a few minutes of flight http://www.blogs.ausgestrahlt.de/wp-content/upload";


Prize for most interesting post! I have wondered if it wasn’t some sort of blackmail—crash plane because of a particular passenger and the co-pilot then spares a loved one/family member’s life—but idea that perhaps he was hoping to crash near a nuclear facility is a very interesting twist altho it seems to me it would be difficult to time an event like this due to inability to predict when the pilot might leave the cockpit.

Sad day regardless of the motivation :(


208 posted on 03/26/2015 9:00:27 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Make 'em squeal!)
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To: BeadCounter

“Suffered from depression?” just put up at Drudge.


209 posted on 03/26/2015 9:01:26 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: hoosiermama

In the next days more will likely be learned about this young man. At this point I’ve learned nothing that explains why he did this. As of now there appear to be no muslim and/or nazi inclinations. Nothing about financial difficulties or unhappiness with lovers. He’d apparently been extremely stressed at one time (over 5 years ago) during his flight training but nothing since then. He seems to have been liked and respected by acquaintances.

Honestly- it makes no sense to me yet.

It’s clear though- this was deliberate.


210 posted on 03/26/2015 9:02:08 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: fivecatsandadog
“Approximately 3.0 to 3.5 million Muslims live in Germany, and 80% of them do not have German citizenship”

There a re lot of Turks that immigrated into Germany in the 1980s. I remember a lot of my German friends complain about that when I was stationed there (1984-86). Several of them stated that they expected the Muslims to cause problems and effectively take over.

211 posted on 03/26/2015 9:06:44 AM PDT by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: maggief

...so far none of this is making sense. Lots of assumptions based on nothing. I just don’t get this one. But it’s early yet.


212 posted on 03/26/2015 9:07:17 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: hoosiermama; maggief

If he was responsible, rather than FB, it could have been a sign that he was preparing himself to commit this hideous act.


213 posted on 03/26/2015 9:10:02 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: SE Mom; All

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

The database, which appears on the agency’s website at www.faa.gov, names Lubitz and other certified pilots who have met or exceeded the high educational, licensing and medical standards established by the FAA.

Pilot certification standards have evolved over time in an attempt to reduce pilot errors that lead to fatal crashes. FAA standards, which are set in consultation with the aviation industry and the public, are among the highest in the world.

Transportation safety experts strongly recommend against flying with an uncertified pilot. FAA pilot certification can be the difference between a safe flight and one that ends in tragedy.

The FAA recently announced that is it increasing the qualification requirements for co-pilots who fly for U.S. passenger and cargo airlines. These requirements mandate additional minimum flight time and training, as well as aircraft specific training.

“Safety will be my overriding priority as Secretary, so I am especially pleased to mark my first week by announcing a rule that will help us maintain our unparalleled safety record,” said Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in a press release. “We owe it to the traveling public to have only the most qualified and best trained pilots.”

:/


214 posted on 03/26/2015 9:14:03 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Impeach the Liar.)
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To: ConservativeMind
Pilots will now be forced to wear Depends and to stay in their cabin for the duration of their flights.


Nah... this will just become standard equipment...

http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/safety-and-survival/other/little-john-pilot-urinal.html

Lady's version available to...

215 posted on 03/26/2015 9:19:51 AM PDT by az_gila
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To: SE Mom

I figure he was a terrorist. Muslim convert. Completely bought in. We may or may not be told that, but that’s my guess. It is the most logical, most expected, most likely answer.


216 posted on 03/26/2015 9:22:21 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: SE Mom

who is the ‘third american’?

also, msnbc said fbi is now involved . . . ? ? ?


217 posted on 03/26/2015 9:23:39 AM PDT by cuspofcommonsense
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To: SE Mom
This: (from the linked information)

Pilot certification standards have evolved over time in an attempt to reduce pilot errors that lead to fatal crashes. FAA standards, which are set in consultation with the aviation industry and the public, are among the highest in the world.

Transportation safety experts strongly recommend against flying with an uncertified pilot. FAA pilot certification can be the difference between a safe flight and one that ends in tragedy.


Ouch.

218 posted on 03/26/2015 9:25:47 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel; Red Badger

“I have been elucidated.”

Yes, and with great alacrity! ;-)


219 posted on 03/26/2015 9:27:21 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

.....and due digilence............;^)


220 posted on 03/26/2015 9:28:42 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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