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Added on the 27/03/2015 19:55:57 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Investigators found torn-up sick notes in the home of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, including one for the day of the fatal crash that killed 150 people.
Investigators found torn-up sick notes in the home of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, including one for the day of the fatal crash that killed 150 people.
The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing an A320 Airbus into the French Alps rehearsed the fatal maneuver on the morning of the March 24th disaster. BEA, the French accident investigation agency, has released a preliminary report into the accident. Information taken from the flight data recorder on the outbound flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf shows co-pilot Andreas Lubitz set the autopilot to take the Airbus down to as low as 100 feet while the captain was out of the cockpit.
Investigators say the Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a jet in the Alps in March, practiced entering the fatal descent settings on the previous, outbound flight. David Pollard reports.
Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot who intentionally crashed the Germanwings aircraft into the French Alps on March 24, told officials at a Lufthansa training school in 2009 that he suffered from severe depression.
Newly released video shows Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps, flying a glider. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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