Germanwings Flight 9525 Was Not A ‘Suicide’But Still A ‘Deliberate’ Action

Germanwings flight 4U 9525 that crashed in the French Alps killing all the 150 on board may not be just another air crash, according to a French prosecutor, the crash is a deliberate attempt by the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz who reportedly locked the flight captain out of the cockpit.

Addressing the press in Marseille, French public prosecutor Brice Robin said in the last eight minutes before the crash, the co-pilot “voluntarily” carried out actions that could have led to the massive destruction. The plane, which was en route from Barcelona to Düsseldorf, was allegedly programmed to descent and slammed it into the mountains at 400 miles an hour with a “willingness to destroy this aircraft.” But prosecutor Robil has refused to it a “suicide”, said, "I don't necessarily call it suicide when you have responsibility for 100 or so lives."

Citing the evidence from the black box voice recorder recovered from the crashed plane, the lead French prosecutor said, the 28-year-old co-pilot could be heard breathing just before the crash, while the captain trying to break open the cockpit door or reach out to the air traffic controllers. The passengers could be heard screaming in desperation until the point of impact.

According to Carsten Spohr, the head of Lufthansa, the airliner that owns Germanwings, the co-pilot had completed an intensive flight training and “was 100% fit to fly without any caveats.” However, he also revealed that Lubitz’s training was stopped for several months six years ago, and he refused to give any details for the interrupted training.

Meanwhile, French and German investigators informed that there is no indication that Lubitz was a terrorist; his acquaintances described him as a jovial young man. The police have been escorting the Lubitz’s family all along saying it was too early to question them for further investigation. “They’re here to mourn. It’s not the right moment,” one of the investigators said.

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