05-06-2015, 09:57 AM
Looks like investigators have a good case to rule the crash as being planned and premeditated by Lubitz.
He appears to have been practicing his mass murder strategy on a previous flight with the same pilot and crew.
Snip:
Lubitz seemed to be toying with the plane's settings on an earlier flight from Duesseldorf to Barcelona, programming it for sharp descent multiple times in a 4 1/2-minute period while the pilot was out of the cockpit before resetting the controls, France's BEA investigation agency said in an interim report on the crash.
Prosecutors have said that Lubitz intentionally locked the pilot out of the cockpit on the later March 24th flight and crashed the plane on its return flight to Duesseldorf.
Wednesday's 30-page report said the same crew was aboard both flights — and the pilot appeared to have left the cockpit during the earlier flight as well, for about 4 ½ minutes.
Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/06...20658.html
He appears to have been practicing his mass murder strategy on a previous flight with the same pilot and crew.
Snip:
Lubitz seemed to be toying with the plane's settings on an earlier flight from Duesseldorf to Barcelona, programming it for sharp descent multiple times in a 4 1/2-minute period while the pilot was out of the cockpit before resetting the controls, France's BEA investigation agency said in an interim report on the crash.
Prosecutors have said that Lubitz intentionally locked the pilot out of the cockpit on the later March 24th flight and crashed the plane on its return flight to Duesseldorf.
Wednesday's 30-page report said the same crew was aboard both flights — and the pilot appeared to have left the cockpit during the earlier flight as well, for about 4 ½ minutes.
Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/06...20658.html