It has been reported that the co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that
crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, had unknown
intention to destroy plane to "destroy for a reason which is still
mysterious, officials said.
Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, citing information from the "black
box" voice recorder, said the co-pilot was alone in the cockpit,
theBritish Broadcasting Corporationreports.
He intentionally started a descent while the pilot was locked out.
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.
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.
Spohr said 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 plane from Barcelona to Duesseldorf hit a mountain, killing all
144 passengers and six crew, after an eight-minute descent.
We heard the pilot telling 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," he told reporters. Robin said the pilot,
named in the German media as Patrick S, had probably gone to the rest
room.
It was gathered 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.
The co~pilot operated this button for a reason we don't know yet, but
it appears that the reason was to destroy the plane.
The co~pilot was said to be alive until the final impact, the prosecutor said.
Robin said "the most plausible interpretation" was that the co-pilot
had deliberately barred the pilot from re-entering the cockpit.
He added that the co-pilot was "not known by us" to have any links to terrorism.
It was learnt that the passengers were not aware of the impending
crash "until the very last moment" when screams could be heard, Mr
Robin said, adding that they all died instantly.
The relatives and friends of the victims are due to visit the area of the crash.
Lufthansa has arranged two special flights for families and friends on
Thursday – one from Barcelona and one from Duesseldorf – to Marseille,
and both groups will travel on by road. Separately, some relatives who
did not want to fly are travelling by bus from Barcelona.
The other "black box" – that keep recors of flight data – has still
not been seen.
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crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, had unknown
intention to destroy plane to "destroy for a reason which is still
mysterious, officials said.
Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, citing information from the "black
box" voice recorder, said the co-pilot was alone in the cockpit,
theBritish Broadcasting Corporationreports.
He intentionally started a descent while the pilot was locked out.
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.
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.
Spohr said 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 plane from Barcelona to Duesseldorf hit a mountain, killing all
144 passengers and six crew, after an eight-minute descent.
We heard the pilot telling 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," he told reporters. Robin said the pilot,
named in the German media as Patrick S, had probably gone to the rest
room.
It was gathered 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.
The co~pilot operated this button for a reason we don't know yet, but
it appears that the reason was to destroy the plane.
The co~pilot was said to be alive until the final impact, the prosecutor said.
Robin said "the most plausible interpretation" was that the co-pilot
had deliberately barred the pilot from re-entering the cockpit.
He added that the co-pilot was "not known by us" to have any links to terrorism.
It was learnt that the passengers were not aware of the impending
crash "until the very last moment" when screams could be heard, Mr
Robin said, adding that they all died instantly.
The relatives and friends of the victims are due to visit the area of the crash.
Lufthansa has arranged two special flights for families and friends on
Thursday – one from Barcelona and one from Duesseldorf – to Marseille,
and both groups will travel on by road. Separately, some relatives who
did not want to fly are travelling by bus from Barcelona.
The other "black box" – that keep recors of flight data – has still
not been seen.
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