
On Thursday, after meeting in Paris with relatives of the victims from the Germanwings plane crash in the Alps last March, prosecutor Brice Robin divulged some more details about the investigation to the public.
by John Hayward11 Jun 2015, 9:51 PM PST0

As the investigation into the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 continues, a review of data from the aircraft’s previous flight suggests co-pilot Andreas Lubitz rehearsed his murder-suicide plan.
by John Hayward6 May 2015, 1:29 PM PST0

The picture of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz’ troubled state of mind grows more complex with the revelation, reported by International Business Times, that investigators have discovered that Lubitz “trawled the dark side of the web visiting, among other things, sites containing gay porn, suicide themes and sexual perversions.”
by John Hayward30 Mar 2015, 8:51 AM PST0

It looks as if we have an answer to one of this morning’s lingering questions about Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who evidently seized control of his plane and drove it into the Alps, killing 150 people. Lufthansa earlier divulged that Lubitz took a long break from his pilot training. Now the UK Daily Mail has more details about that episode, saying he suspended training in 2008 “because he was suffering from depression and burnout.”
by John Hayward26 Mar 2015, 1:57 PM PST0

French authorities released much new information about the horrible Germanwings crash in the Alps this morning, but some vital questions remain unanswered. Why is the French prosecutor so firmly convinced that the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately crashed the plane?
by John Hayward26 Mar 2015, 9:27 AM PST0

Last night, we learned that black-box audio recordings appeared to show the pilot of the doomed Germanwings Flight 9525 had been locked out of the cockpit and was attempting to gain entry – politely at first, but acting with increasing urgency as the plane descended, until at the end it sounded as if he was trying to smash the armored cockpit door down.
by John Hayward26 Mar 2015, 6:12 AM PST0

(Reuters) – A 19-year-old American skier survived 48 hours half-buried in snow in the Swiss Alps before being rescued and taken to hospital where he is recovering, police said on Wednesday.
by Reuters4 Feb 2015, 6:44 AM PST0