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April 3, 2015

Germanwings Co-Pilot Researched Suicide, Cockpit Doors Before Crash 
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German prosecutors say the co-pilot accused of deliberately crashing a
Germanwings plane in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board,
had researched suicide and cockpit doors in the days before the crash.
Prosecutor Christoph Kumpa unveiled the findings.

Christoph Kumpa: "According to the results, the user informed himself
about medical treatments as well as different kinds of and the
implementation of a suicide. On at least one day, he had searched for
several minutes about cockpit doors and their safety precautions."

Data from a newly recovered black box appears to show Andreas Lubbitz
intentionally sped up the plane's descent after locking the plane's
captain out of the cockpit.

 

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