Co-Pilot May Have Intentionally Crashed Germanwing Plane

According to Marseille public prosecutor,  Brice Robin, the co-pilot of the Germanwing flight intentionally crashed the plane4U 9525 he was piloting. The twenty-eight year old  co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, was alive up until the point of impact.

The pilot had exited the cockpit when co-pilot Lubitz began the descent, and the pilot can be heard banging on the cockpit door in the black box recording and trying to avert the disaster, but there was no answer from Lubitz.

The photo above was from Andreas Lubitz's social media.

Crash in the Alps:Germanwings plane 4U 9525

There are reportedly no survivors of the crash of Germanwings plane 4U 9525 in the French Alps. There were 150 people on board.

The crash occurred after the plane left Digne

The crash occurred when the flight was en route from Digne to Barcelona. The plane did not send any distress signal, but there was no indication of either bad weather or terrorist attack. Germanwings is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa.

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