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Andreas Lubitz: Profile Of Killer Co-Pilot

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 28 Maret 2015 | 10.52

The co-pilot who deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps with the loss of 150 lives had a history of depression, it has been reported.

The focus on Andreas Lubitz's mental health comes after a French prosecutor concluded the 27-year-old had deliberately flown the Germanwings Airbus 320 into the mountainside killing all those on board.

German prosecutors have said there are indications the co-pilot concealed an illness from his employer, hiding a sick note for the day of the crash.

However, they did not specify the nature of the illness.

Matthias Gebauer, chief correspondent for the online edition of German newspaper Der Spiegel, tweeted: "Schoolmates of co-pilot who crashed tell German reporters he took six-months break from flight training in 2009 due to burnout-syndrome."

The head of Lufthansa, the budget airline's parent company, has already admitted Lubitz had taken the lengthy break from training.

While chief executive Carsten Spohr did not give a reason for this interruption, German media reported he was suffering from "burnout or depression".

:: Click here for live updates of the Alps plane crash investigation

Mr Spohr said: "I cannot tell you anything about the reasons of this interruption, but anybody who interrupts the training has to do a lot of tests so the competence and fitness would be checked again."

According to Lufthansa, Germanwings pilots undergo medical tests once a year.

However, they are only required to undergo psychological tests once, before they are accepted as pilots.

Lubitz also underwent a regular security check on 27 January and nothing untoward was found, the local government in Dusseldorf said.

Previous security checks in 2008 and 2010 also revealed no problems.

Lubitz had grown up dreaming of becoming a pilot, gaining his glider's licence after training with LSC Westerwald flying club in his hometown of Montabaur.

Club member Peter Ruecker recalled Mr Lubitz as "rather quiet but friendly" when he first joined the club as a teenager.

He added: "He was happy he had the job with Germanwings and he was doing well."

Lubitz had been employed as a flight attendant before training to be a pilot at the Lufthansa flight school in Bremen.

He also underwent training in Phoenix, Arizona.

Lubitz joined Germanwings in 2013 and had clocked up 630 flying hours before the disaster.

Lufthansa said he passed all the relevant examinations necessary to become a pilot and was deemed "100% airworthy".

Mr Lubitz had also been included by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on its database to show he had met or exceeded its pilot certification standards, which aim to "reduce pilot errors that lead to fatal crashes".

In Montabaur where Lubitz lived with his parents, neighbours reacted with disbelief when they heard of his involvement.

One man, who did not want to be named, said that he had known the pilot since childhood.

He told Sky News: "I cannot imagine that he has done it with intention.

"This does not fit in this picture I have of him. It is a very upright family, very helpful and I cannot understand what has happened.

"I knew the children when they were small boys."

Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said Lubitz, who also had a flat in Dusseldorf, had never been flagged as a terrorist.

And when pressed over Mr Lubitz's religion, he said: "I don't think this is where this lies. I don't think we will get any answers there."

Although rare, there have been previous instances of suspected pilot suicide.

The most infamous likely - but still disputed - cases of pilot suicide was the 1997 Silk Air crash in Indonesia, in which 104 people died.

A US-led investigation concluded it had been caused deliberately, probably by the captain who had serious personal problems.

A Mozambique Airlines plane crash that killed 33 people in Namibia in 2013 is also believed to have been a case of pilot suicide.


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Co-Pilot 'Hid Sick Note On Day Of Alps Crash'

Co-Pilot 'Hid Sick Note On Day Of Alps Crash'

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Prosecutors investigating the Germanwings plane crash have said there were indications the co-pilot hid an existing illness from his employers.

Andreas Lubitz is accused of deliberately flying the aircraft into a mountainside shortly after preventing the captain from re-entering the cockpit.

Lubitz had a sick note for the day the Airbus A320 came down in the French Alps during a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf but never told the airline, prosecutors said.

The doctor's note, which would have prevented him from flying, was among several found torn-up during a search of his flat in Dusseldorf and it comes amid reports he was suffering from depression.

There have also been searches at the home he shared with his parents in the town of Montabaur and an unnamed person in a hood was escorted from the property by police.

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  1. Gallery: The Victims Of The Germanwings Crash

    American Emily Selke, a recent graduate, was on the plane with her mother Yvonne. Raymond Selke has described his wife and daughter as 'amazing people'. Pic: Facebook

Iranian sports journalist Hussein Javadi was on his way to Austria to cover a football match. A friend said he was 'a kind, loving, caring man'. Pic: Maysam Bizær/Hossein Javadi

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Argentinian Sebastian Greco was on board with his girlfriend. Pic: Facebook

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Argentinian Gabriela Maumus, 28, was the daughter of a firefighter. Pic: Facebook

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Spanish victim Carles Milla Masanas, 37. The businessman was on his way to a food industry fayre. Pic: Facebook

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Co-Pilot 'Hid Sick Note On Day Of Alps Crash'

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Prosecutors investigating the Germanwings plane crash have said there were indications the co-pilot hid an existing illness from his employers.

Andreas Lubitz is accused of deliberately flying the aircraft into a mountainside shortly after preventing the captain from re-entering the cockpit.

Lubitz had a sick note for the day the Airbus A320 came down in the French Alps during a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf but never told the airline, prosecutors said.

The doctor's note, which would have prevented him from flying, was among several found torn-up during a search of his flat in Dusseldorf and it comes amid reports he was suffering from depression.

There have also been searches at the home he shared with his parents in the town of Montabaur and an unnamed person in a hood was escorted from the property by police.

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  1. Gallery: The Victims Of The Germanwings Crash

    American Emily Selke, a recent graduate, was on the plane with her mother Yvonne. Raymond Selke has described his wife and daughter as 'amazing people'. Pic: Facebook

Iranian sports journalist Hussein Javadi was on his way to Austria to cover a football match. A friend said he was 'a kind, loving, caring man'. Pic: Maysam Bizær/Hossein Javadi

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Argentinian Sebastian Greco was on board with his girlfriend. Pic: Facebook

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Argentinian Gabriela Maumus, 28, was the daughter of a firefighter. Pic: Facebook

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Spanish victim Carles Milla Masanas, 37. The businessman was on his way to a food industry fayre. Pic: Facebook

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Saudi Arabia Launches Strikes On Yemen Rebels

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 27 Maret 2015 | 10.52

Saudi Arabia Launches Strikes On Yemen Rebels

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By Sherine Tadros, Middle East Correspondent, in Cairo

At least 18 people have been killed in Yemen as a result of Saudi-led airstrikes against Iran-backed Shia rebels, known as the Houthis, according to Houthi media quoting health officials.

Warplanes launched attacks on Sana'a airport and its al Dulaimi military airbase shortly after the Saudi ambassador in Washington announced the action. 

They have reportedly committed 100 fighter jets and 150,000 troops to the operation, called Decisive Storm.

They have also hit Houthi bases and installations in the south of the country as well as a residential area in Sana'a.

The military intervention came after Yemen's President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi asked the Arab League, meeting this weekend in the Egyptian resort Sharm el Sheikh, to act quickly to stop the Houthi advance in the south of the country where he had taken refuge.

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  1. Gallery: Yemen: Aftermath Of Airstrikes By Saudi Arabia And Gulf Allies

    People search for survivors under the rubble of houses destroyed by an air strike near Sana'a Airport in Yemen. Continue through for more images

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Saudi Arabia Launches Strikes On Yemen Rebels

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By Sherine Tadros, Middle East Correspondent, in Cairo

At least 18 people have been killed in Yemen as a result of Saudi-led airstrikes against Iran-backed Shia rebels, known as the Houthis, according to Houthi media quoting health officials.

Warplanes launched attacks on Sana'a airport and its al Dulaimi military airbase shortly after the Saudi ambassador in Washington announced the action. 

They have reportedly committed 100 fighter jets and 150,000 troops to the operation, called Decisive Storm.

They have also hit Houthi bases and installations in the south of the country as well as a residential area in Sana'a.

The military intervention came after Yemen's President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi asked the Arab League, meeting this weekend in the Egyptian resort Sharm el Sheikh, to act quickly to stop the Houthi advance in the south of the country where he had taken refuge.

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  1. Gallery: Yemen: Aftermath Of Airstrikes By Saudi Arabia And Gulf Allies

    People search for survivors under the rubble of houses destroyed by an air strike near Sana'a Airport in Yemen. Continue through for more images

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Iran And Saudi Arabia Battle It Out In Yemen

Iran And Saudi Arabia Battle It Out In Yemen

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It was just after midnight when the Saudis gave the go-ahead for their warplanes to start pounding Shia rebel, known as Houthi, positions in the capital and the south of the country.

The urgent request for help came from the country's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and led to a frenzy of meetings and calls as Saudi Arabia put together a broad coalition to support its intervention within hours.

The venue was perfect - all the Arab foreign ministers (minus Syria) are gathered in the Egyptian resort Sharm el Sheikh for an Arab League summit. Sources say sideline meetings on Yemen continued well into the night.

Saudi is painting the intervention as a necessary step to defend itself as well as restore the "legitimate" government of Mr Hadi. 

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  1. Gallery: Yemen: Aftermath Of Airstrikes By Saudi Arabia And Gulf Allies

    People search for survivors under the rubble of houses destroyed by an air strike near Sana'a Airport in Yemen. Continue through for more images

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Iran And Saudi Arabia Battle It Out In Yemen

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It was just after midnight when the Saudis gave the go-ahead for their warplanes to start pounding Shia rebel, known as Houthi, positions in the capital and the south of the country.

The urgent request for help came from the country's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and led to a frenzy of meetings and calls as Saudi Arabia put together a broad coalition to support its intervention within hours.

The venue was perfect - all the Arab foreign ministers (minus Syria) are gathered in the Egyptian resort Sharm el Sheikh for an Arab League summit. Sources say sideline meetings on Yemen continued well into the night.

Saudi is painting the intervention as a necessary step to defend itself as well as restore the "legitimate" government of Mr Hadi. 

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  1. Gallery: Yemen: Aftermath Of Airstrikes By Saudi Arabia And Gulf Allies

    People search for survivors under the rubble of houses destroyed by an air strike near Sana'a Airport in Yemen. Continue through for more images

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Alps Plane Crash: The Lines Of Investigation

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 26 Maret 2015 | 10.52

Alps Plane Crash: The Lines Of Investigation

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Air crash investigators are working around the clock to establish what caused the Germanwings A320 plane to crash in the Alps, killing all 150 people on board. Here are some of their likely lines of inquiry.

The Black Box

The black box – which records cockpit conversations and flight data – was recovered between Barcelonnette and Digne in the French Alps.

French interior minister Bernard Cazaneuve said that the box is damaged but still "useable", and should shed light on what happened in the moments before the plane plummeted.

Investigators are reportedly taking the box to Paris to extract the data.

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  1. Gallery: Rescue Teams Resume Search After Plane Crash

    German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (3R) arrives near the crash site of Germanwings Airbus A320 near Seyne-les-Alpes, France

Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams fly in a helicopter near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps

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Television news satellite vehicles are seen in front of the mountains

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Search and rescue operations restarted the day after a Germanwings Airbus A320 smashed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.

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Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash

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Alps Plane Crash: The Lines Of Investigation

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Air crash investigators are working around the clock to establish what caused the Germanwings A320 plane to crash in the Alps, killing all 150 people on board. Here are some of their likely lines of inquiry.

The Black Box

The black box – which records cockpit conversations and flight data – was recovered between Barcelonnette and Digne in the French Alps.

French interior minister Bernard Cazaneuve said that the box is damaged but still "useable", and should shed light on what happened in the moments before the plane plummeted.

Investigators are reportedly taking the box to Paris to extract the data.

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  1. Gallery: Rescue Teams Resume Search After Plane Crash

    German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (3R) arrives near the crash site of Germanwings Airbus A320 near Seyne-les-Alpes, France

Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams fly in a helicopter near the site of the Germanwings plane crash near the French Alps

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Television news satellite vehicles are seen in front of the mountains

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Search and rescue operations restarted the day after a Germanwings Airbus A320 smashed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.

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Gendarmerie and French mountain rescue teams arrive near the site of the Germanwings plane crash

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'Wonderful And Caring': Crash Victims Mourned

'Wonderful And Caring': Crash Victims Mourned

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Relatives of those killed in the French Alps plane crash have been speaking of their devastation.

The Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf on Tuesday, killing all 150 people on board, including three Britons.

The 144 passengers and six crew were from more than a dozen countries, mainly Germany and Spain.

The British victims were 28-year-old Paul Andrew Bramley, Martyn Matthews, 50, and seven-month-old Julian Pracz-Bandres who was travelling with his mother.

Marina Bandres Lopez Belio, 37, was originally from the Spanish Pyrenees but living in Manchester.

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  1. Gallery: Alps Plane Crash: The Victims

    Maria Radner, Oleg Bryjak and Greig and Carol Friday

Martyn Matthews, of Wolverhampton, with his family. Mr Matthews, 50, was travelling on business for the German automotive manufacturer Huf

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Paul Andrew Bramley, 28, originally from Hull. He was studying hospitality and hotel management in Lucerne, Switzerland

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Filmmaker Marina Bandres, who came from Jaca in the Spanish Pyrenees and lived in Manchester, was travelling on the plane with her baby Julian Pracz-Bandres

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Sixteen exchange students from the same German school were also on board the plane

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'Wonderful And Caring': Crash Victims Mourned

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Relatives of those killed in the French Alps plane crash have been speaking of their devastation.

The Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf on Tuesday, killing all 150 people on board, including three Britons.

The 144 passengers and six crew were from more than a dozen countries, mainly Germany and Spain.

The British victims were 28-year-old Paul Andrew Bramley, Martyn Matthews, 50, and seven-month-old Julian Pracz-Bandres who was travelling with his mother.

Marina Bandres Lopez Belio, 37, was originally from the Spanish Pyrenees but living in Manchester.

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  1. Gallery: Alps Plane Crash: The Victims

    Maria Radner, Oleg Bryjak and Greig and Carol Friday

Martyn Matthews, of Wolverhampton, with his family. Mr Matthews, 50, was travelling on business for the German automotive manufacturer Huf

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Paul Andrew Bramley, 28, originally from Hull. He was studying hospitality and hotel management in Lucerne, Switzerland

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Filmmaker Marina Bandres, who came from Jaca in the Spanish Pyrenees and lived in Manchester, was travelling on the plane with her baby Julian Pracz-Bandres

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Sixteen exchange students from the same German school were also on board the plane

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Black Box Found Amid Mystery Over Crash Cause

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 25 Maret 2015 | 10.52

Black Box Found Amid Mystery Over Crash Cause

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A black box belonging to the passenger plane which came down in the French Alps has been found - as the cause of the crash remains a mystery.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says one of the two recording devices was found at the crash site between Barcelonnette and Digne.

Weather has already been ruled out by experts as a cause, and US officials say terrorism is also unlikely.

Investigators hope the black box from the Germanwings airliner will provide clues and a number of possibilities, including engine failure, are being considered.

Sources suggest that the speed of the plane shortly before the crash - about 350mph (300 knots) - might indicate engine failure as a cause.

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  1. Gallery: Rescue Teams And Relatives Wait After Plane Crash

    French Police and Gendarmerie Alpine rescue units gather on a field as they prepare to reach the crash site of an Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes, in the French Alps

French fire brigade rescue units gather in a field near a farm building as they prepare to reach the crash site

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Opera singers Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak were among the passengers

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As were 16 students and two teachers from the Joseph-Konig secondary school in the German town of Haltern am See

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School Principal Ulrich Wessel grieves with students in front of the secondary school

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Black Box Found Amid Mystery Over Crash Cause

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A black box belonging to the passenger plane which came down in the French Alps has been found - as the cause of the crash remains a mystery.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says one of the two recording devices was found at the crash site between Barcelonnette and Digne.

Weather has already been ruled out by experts as a cause, and US officials say terrorism is also unlikely.

Investigators hope the black box from the Germanwings airliner will provide clues and a number of possibilities, including engine failure, are being considered.

Sources suggest that the speed of the plane shortly before the crash - about 350mph (300 knots) - might indicate engine failure as a cause.

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  1. Gallery: Rescue Teams And Relatives Wait After Plane Crash

    French Police and Gendarmerie Alpine rescue units gather on a field as they prepare to reach the crash site of an Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes, in the French Alps

French fire brigade rescue units gather in a field near a farm building as they prepare to reach the crash site

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Opera singers Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak were among the passengers

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As were 16 students and two teachers from the Joseph-Konig secondary school in the German town of Haltern am See

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School Principal Ulrich Wessel grieves with students in front of the secondary school

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