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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: lodi90

I got a story about his FAA certification.


321 posted on 03/26/2015 3:36:50 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: wtd

Maybe he left a message..ALLAH AKBAR in German


322 posted on 03/26/2015 3:46:18 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: kjam22

I prefer a Sonic blast, but a milkshake will do.


323 posted on 03/26/2015 4:01:48 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: Covenantor

Aha, a possible Professor Raoul X.

http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/bracken-professor-raoul-x/


324 posted on 03/26/2015 4:44:59 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Hadn’t read your piece before but it’s a parallel to what I had in mind.

The Soviets and East Germans had both the requiste skill sets as well as being foster parents to ME and African revolutionaries. I mean Patrice Lumumba University says it all.

Thanks for the link, good read.


325 posted on 03/26/2015 5:02:04 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Red Badger

It’s still suicide. No matter the motive. And mass murder.


326 posted on 03/26/2015 5:09:44 PM PDT by ecomcon
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To: Covenantor; Travis McGee

Another cup of coffee?


327 posted on 03/26/2015 5:12:44 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: fivecatsandadog

(imho) finding nothing may not be insignificant ...


328 posted on 03/26/2015 5:22:28 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Wonder what “significant discovery” inside his apartment would be “sent for tests”?


329 posted on 03/26/2015 5:35:24 PM PDT by IChing
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To: IChing

Porn collection/intimate pictures of SO? :P


330 posted on 03/26/2015 5:44:41 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: mware; txgirl4Bush; P-Marlowe; MeshugeMikey; umgud; Wisconsinlady

Although the page has been taken down, Google still has it in the cache, for the moment:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:G-5__5fkh2sJ:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Soutien-%25C3%25A0-Andreas-Lubitz-h%25C3%25A9ro-de-lEtat-Islamique/431945353632095

Not many comments there, although there were 66 “likes”. One comment said, “Que celui qui a crée cette page aille en taule pour apologie du terrorisme ça le calmera!!!” which translates to: “He who has created this page to go to jail for advocating terrorism” (French-speaking freepers may be able to give a better translation).


331 posted on 03/26/2015 5:50:36 PM PDT by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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To: IChing

A body?


332 posted on 03/26/2015 5:52:21 PM PDT by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: annie laurie

the ISLAMICISTS sure jumped on it like white on rice didnt they

an international hero for les animals


333 posted on 03/26/2015 5:54:37 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: longfellowsmuse

Hmmmm....


334 posted on 03/26/2015 5:59:19 PM PDT by IChing
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To: Spktyr

Why would such be “sent for tests”?


335 posted on 03/26/2015 6:00:12 PM PDT by IChing
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To: MeshugeMikey

it has to be determined ... Would we ever be lied to by islam?


336 posted on 03/26/2015 6:05:15 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: no-to-illegals

heckers NOPE they the most Honest Folks I Know of!!


337 posted on 03/26/2015 6:08:22 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Hand shake to Wyatt Earp and you!


338 posted on 03/26/2015 6:12:57 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: wtd
OK, this is a stretch

Yeah, and pointless to add complexity for the 1/1000000 event which can can create new problems or vulnerabilities.

339 posted on 03/26/2015 6:21:40 PM PDT by palmer (Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet into FlixNet)
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To: Travis McGee

Oh that’s GOOD, Matt! Raoul X ... something tells me I need to watch out for that character.


340 posted on 03/26/2015 6:22:41 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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