04-02-2015, 06:31 PM
Updates
-- Today, the French prosecutor confirmed that the flight data recorder has been located in an area of the ravine that had previously been searched; it's burned/blackened but may be usable.
-- German and French investigators found that Lubitz had researched suicide and cockpit door security on the internet in the days before the crash.
-- Searchers and medical examiners believe they have collected DNA from all 150 people identified as being on-board; it will take some time to match the body parts, clothes, and other materials gathered with the DNA samples provided by the families. Items recovered and matched will be given to the victims' families for burial or whatever they choose.
--In providing the investigation status, French Prosecutor Brice Robin underlined French investigators' conviction that "Lubitz was alive until the moment of impact, we are nearly certain. ... Alive and conscious." He also said the co-pilot appears to have acted repeatedly to stop an excessive speed alarm from sounding.
--Each of the passengers’ families was given an immediate payment of £35,000 (about USD $51,000).
--Insurers for the airline expect to pay damages of £700,000 for each of the 144 passengers and six crew (Lubitz's family may be entitled if it's shown Lufthansa failed in its duty as an employer). That's about USD $1.04 million each.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/02...92420.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/ma...very-49525
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/...ts-5435626
-- Today, the French prosecutor confirmed that the flight data recorder has been located in an area of the ravine that had previously been searched; it's burned/blackened but may be usable.
-- German and French investigators found that Lubitz had researched suicide and cockpit door security on the internet in the days before the crash.
-- Searchers and medical examiners believe they have collected DNA from all 150 people identified as being on-board; it will take some time to match the body parts, clothes, and other materials gathered with the DNA samples provided by the families. Items recovered and matched will be given to the victims' families for burial or whatever they choose.
--In providing the investigation status, French Prosecutor Brice Robin underlined French investigators' conviction that "Lubitz was alive until the moment of impact, we are nearly certain. ... Alive and conscious." He also said the co-pilot appears to have acted repeatedly to stop an excessive speed alarm from sounding.
--Each of the passengers’ families was given an immediate payment of £35,000 (about USD $51,000).
--Insurers for the airline expect to pay damages of £700,000 for each of the 144 passengers and six crew (Lubitz's family may be entitled if it's shown Lufthansa failed in its duty as an employer). That's about USD $1.04 million each.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/02...92420.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/ma...very-49525
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/...ts-5435626