Germanwings A320 plane crash in southern France (150 dead) update:co-pilot deliberately crashed it
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RIP to all
RealAssanova
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i'm just as speechless fam.
they put in measures to protect pilots and the flight deck post 9-11, and these same measures ended up costing the lives of 150 people.
Disturbing to say the least. 
A little more info from the Guardian :
A little more info from the Guardian :
Germanwings co-pilot intended to destroy plane, says French prosecutor – live updates
LIVE Updated 3s ago
- Co-pilot crashed plane deliberately, says French prosecutor
- Only one pilot was in cockpit when plane crashed
- Marseille prosecutor giving press conference on investigation
- Reports suggest one pilot was locked out of cockpit of flight 4U9525
- Investigators have recording of cockpit ‘voices and sounds’
- Villagers in Alps prepare for arrival of families
Mark Tran
A French team prepares to board a helicopter at an air base in Seyne-les-Alpes. Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images
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Thursday 26 March 2015 12.01 GMTLast modified on Thursday 26 March 201512.24 GMT
Key events
- 11m ago - Co-pilot was 28
- 14m ago - No indication of terrorist action
- 17m ago - Andreas Lubitz is named as co-pilot
- 29m ago - Co-pilot not known as terrorist
- 34m ago - Co-pilot did not utter a single word
- 36m ago - 'The intention was to destroy this plane'
- 39m ago - Marseille prosecutor says co-pilot put plane into a dive
12.24pm - 12:24
The press conference has ended. I will post key points shortly.
1m ago - 12:23
The Aviation Business Gazette has this information on Lubitz.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is recognizing Andreas Guenter Lubitz with inclusion in the prestigious FAA Airmen Certification Database.
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.
5m ago - 12:19
The recovery of the bodies will go on probably until the end of next week. The family of the co-pilot have left Marseille and gone back.
11m ago - 12:13
Co-pilot was 28
There was no contact between Marseille control tower and the plane, despite numerous efforts to contact the plane in the last few minutes. The age of the co-pilot is 28, Robin discloses.
13m ago - 12:11
“I can’t call this a suicide, but it is a legitimate question to ask.”
14m ago - 12:10
No indication of terrorist action
“There is no element that indicates this is a terrorist action”
15m ago - 12:09
“Death was sudden and immediate,” says Robin.
17m ago - 12:07
Andreas Lubitz is named as co-pilot
Co-pilot is named as Andreas Lubitz by prosecutor.
Can't really blame those measures but the co-pilot... This was a worst case scenario type of stuff. It could even be possible that this scenario was never imagined.
Abdi
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it gotta be a bearded Arab for it to be an act of terrorism, unfukkingbelivable!!
This shyt is crazy. The craziest thing is cold bloodiness of the co-pilot to not say a word while he increases the spread and engage the descent. 
They haven't ruled out terrorism, they simply stated that at the moment there was no indication of it. Terrorism needs a political/ideological motive which is not present at the moment. But let us have all the information possible before drawing any sort of conclusion.
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Suicide by pilot is not a new thing. We're lucky it is as rare as it is.
Still, we shouldn't rule out any terrorism (not just Islamic fundementalists).
Still, we shouldn't rule out any terrorism (not just Islamic fundementalists).
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You have to be a special kind of filth to kill 150 people like this. 2 infants on board too.
sad shyt •••damn this is fukked up
Jaylen Tatum
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thernbroom
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its funny how the media reports on this when the suspect looks your average white person 
Mané Swagincha
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I know it sounded stupid (though I didn't think it was laughable) so that's why I said "could". Because it could be an explanation to why there wasn't any mean to stop what happened.
In the situation that is described by the prosecutor, it seemed that the co-pilot decided to lock himself in and because of that there was no way to enter because he then overrode the code from within the deck when the pilot tried to enter it on the keypad at the door (which is why the pilot decided to kick the door after a while). So maybe the solution was imagined but was not probable enough to require a solution ? Or worst case scenario, it wasn't imagined at all because pilots may pass sanity tests on the regular which rule out the suicidal co-pilot scenario.
I have no knowledge in planes or piloting, so I can only speculate. If you know about it, it'd be interesting for us to share your knowledge.
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