Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane'

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The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, appeared to want to "destroy the plane", officials said.

Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, citing information from the "black box" voice recorder, said the co-pilot was alone in the cockpit.

He intentionally started a descent while the pilot was locked out.
Mr Robin said there was "absolute silence in the cockpit" as the pilot fought to re-enter it.

Meanwhile, the head of Lufthansa, the German carrier that owns Germanwings, said the pilot had undergone intensive training and "was 100% fit to fly without any caveats".

"We have no findings at all about what motivated the pilot to do this terrible deed," Carsten Spohr said.

Mr Spohr said Mr Lubitz's training had been interrupted briefly six years ago but was resumed after "the suitability of the candidate was re-established".

Mr Robin said air traffic controllers made repeated attempts to contact the aircraft, but to no avail.

Passengers could be heard screaming just before the crash, he added.

"We hear the pilot ask the co-pilot to take control of the plane and we hear at the same time the sound of a seat moving backwards and the sound of a door closing," Mr Robin told reporters.
He said the pilot had probably gone to the toilet.
"At that moment, the co-pilot is controlling the plane by himself. While he is alone, the co-pilot presses the buttons of the flight monitoring system to put into action the descent of the aeroplane.
"This action on the altitude controls can only be deliberate."

He added: "The most plausible interpretation is that the co-pilot through a voluntary act had refused to open the cabin door to let the captain in. He pushed the button to trigger the aircraft to lose altitude. He operated this button for a reason we don't know yet, but it appears that the reason was to destroy this plane."

He said the co-pilot was "not known by us" to have any links to extremism or terrorism.

 
just been reading details in Independent - if this is true all I can say is - what a selfish ****

not a disaster Galv, nothing went wrong if he did it
 
You can not eliminate the human factor, but I suspect the future of aviation lies in doing exactly that. With every part of the process entrusted to the computer.
 
shocking, tragic, awful.

heart goes out to the families that have to live on with this horrible knowledge.
 
knee jerk reactions cause other problems - keflar doors to stop people getting in end up being the reason this was possible at all.

That and inefficient mental and physical checks on pilots
 
I don't see how it was a knee jerk reaction to make cockpits more secure post 9/11. Had the cockpits been more secure then, 9/11 quite probably wouldn't have happened.

The issue here is this one guy. Whether his actions were driven by suicidal thoughts, or the want to commit mass murder, he was clearly hell bent on doing what he did.
 
Horrible state of affairs tbh.

Must admit I see these type of incident, not as something to legislate the life out of and change everything in the future, but a sorry incident which was near impossible to forsee.

Yep, we may get the benefit of now never having one pilot in the cockpit at any one time but if someone is that determined to do this, they will find a way.

Lets put it another way. If I was mentally imbalanced enough to consider this being a good idea. What is stopping me getting in my car and driving through a crowded school playground at opening time? Would we legislate it to death? Would we cage our children to protect them.

Sometimes you have to see that bad things happen and move on.

 
spurdon - 26/3/2015 16:13

You can not eliminate the human factor, but I suspect the future of aviation lies in doing exactly that. With every part of the process entrusted to the computer.

And then you just have to deal with some 14 year old hacker taking over control from buttfcuk Utah and crashing 20 planes at once.

Some kid already disabled a couple of hundred cars at once.
 
80deg16minW - 27/3/2015 20:17

spurdon - 26/3/2015 16:13

You can not eliminate the human factor, but I suspect the future of aviation lies in doing exactly that. With every part of the process entrusted to the computer.

And then you just have to deal with some 14 year old hacker taking over control from buttfcuk Utah and crashing 20 planes at once.

Some kid already disabled a couple of hundred cars at once.

Its been reported that the technology exists for airlines/air traffic control to take over the controls of a plane. You're right 80, if they can, then anyone with a bit of knowledge and the right equipment could have the potential to do so. Bit of a frightening prospect really.
 
meee93 - 28/3/2015 00:24

'63Spur - 27/3/2015 22:08

He was suffering from depression? Bollocks. This was a calculated act of pure wickedness.
What a silly thing to say about depression.

I didn't express any view about depression. I gave my opinion of this individual.
 
meee93 - 28/3/2015 00:24

'63Spur - 27/3/2015 22:08

He was suffering from depression? Bollocks. This was a calculated act of pure wickedness.
What a silly thing to say about depression.

To suggest the sole reason the pilot would have taken those people to their graves is because that are depressed will only demonize those people that live with depression everyday - teachers, doctors, policeman and are doing their jobs just fine.

The fact he tore up the doctors note, consciously went to work in such a way no one would realise there was a problem and did what he did suggests there is more than this than him being depressed. There is no scientific evidence to suggest that people living with depression are more likely to hurt others than people who aren't depressed.
 
And his ex girlfriend has just said that a year ago he wanted to "change the system" and that he "wanted people to remember his name"

Please don't put this down to depression. Sure, it would have made his life difficult, but this seems premeditated and not a case of him no having control of his faculties that some are suggesting.



 
So much I want to say, but aren't allowed to. Suffice to say, it's an absolute disaster of such human dimension (as AVB would say). I can understand suicide (if that's what it is), but to drag so many others into it seems beyond the pale.
 
Pretend what? I've already said I work in the aerospace industry. Which is why I am not allowed to say anything...