Germanwings co-pilot 'researched suicide methods in days before crash'
Source: The Guardian
The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 appears to have researched suicide methods and cockpit door security in the days before he flew the plane into the French Alps, killing 150 people, German prosecutors said on Thursday.
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Düsseldorf prosecutors said investigators found a tablet computer at co-pilot Andreas Lubitzs apartment in Düsseldorf and were able to reconstruct his computer searches from 16 March to 23 March.
Based on information from the cockpit voice recorder, investigators believe the 27-year-old Lubitz locked his captain out of the A320s cockpit on 24 March and deliberately crashed the plane, killing everyone on board.
Prosecutors spokesman Ralf Herrenbrueck said in a statement that Lubitzs search terms included medical treatment and suicide methods. On at least one day, the co-pilot looked at search terms involving cockpit doors and their security methods.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/02/germanwings-crash-second-black-box-found
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)by the airline - if only.
If this isn't an argument in favor of compulsory and regular psych interviewing of 'safety-sensitive' workers, I don't know.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)crim son
(27,464 posts)with an individual suicide, I agree. Anger, revenge, hatred, not simply depression, fueled the pilot's actions.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)the man was a psychopath