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Andreas Lubitz: A Year After, Germanwings Tragedy Brings The Topic Of Pilot Mental Health Back To The Front Page

Andreas Lubitz: A Year After, Germanwings Tragedy Brings The Topic Of Pilot Mental Health Back To The Front Page

Almost a year after Andreas Lubitz committed suicide by intentionally crashing a Germanwings plane, killing all 150 people on board, pilot mental health is an issue getting attention again. Lubitz was being treated for depression prior to his suicide on March 25, 2015. The investigation that followed after Lubitz crashed into the French Alps showed […]

8y ago

Germanwings Crash Report: Investigators Urge Better Reporting After Doctor Refused To Divulge Pilot’s Mental Illness

Germanwings Crash Report: Investigators Urge Better Reporting After Doctor Refused To Divulge Pilot’s Mental Illness

A Germanwings crash report has revealed that doctors who treated Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz for depression and mental illness before he intentionally crashed a plane into the Alps, killing 150 people, refused to speak with French investigators who were trying to prevent a similar sequence from ever happening again. On Sunday, investigators recommended that new […]

8y ago

Germanwings Crash: Co-Pilot Changed Mind At Last Minute, Tried To Save Plane, New Info Reveals

Germanwings Crash: Co-Pilot Changed Mind At Last Minute, Tried To Save Plane, New Info Reveals

The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, Andreas Lubitz, crashed the plane on Match 24 due to his history of depression and suicidal tendencies, killing 150 people. However, new information shows that the 27-year-old Lubitz may have had a sudden case of cold feet and actually attempted to save the plane in the final 90 seconds […]

9y ago

Germanwings Crash: High-Tech Hijackers, Not Co-Pilot, May Have Downed Plane Says Aviation Boss

Germanwings Crash: High-Tech Hijackers, Not Co-Pilot, May Have Downed Plane Says Aviation Boss

The Germanwings crash that killed 150 people in the French Alps on March 24 has so far been blamed on an allegedly mentally disturbed and suicidal co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz. But not so fast, says aviation executive Matt Andersson, president of Indigo Aerospace, a Chicago aviation firm, who this week published a letter in the Financial […]

9y ago

Second ‘Black Box’ Shows Germanwings Crash Co-Pilot Sped Up Descent Of Plane

Second ‘Black Box’ Shows Germanwings Crash Co-Pilot Sped Up Descent Of Plane

French investigators Friday are confirming Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed Flight 9525 in the French Alps. The data from a second black box recovered at the crash site on Thursday shows Lubitz sped up decent of the plane before the fatal crash, say investigators. According to France 24, BEA’s aviation investigators issued a statement […]

9y ago

Germanwings Pilot Andreas Lubitz Researched Suicide Methods, Cockpit Door Security Features Prior To Crash

Germanwings Pilot Andreas Lubitz Researched Suicide Methods, Cockpit Door Security Features Prior To Crash

Police revealed that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appears to have researched suicide methods and cockpit door security in the weeks leading up to crashing the plane into the French Alps. Investigators say that they were able to reconstruct the troubled pilot’s search history from March 16 to 23 which show that Lubitz was planning the […]

9y ago

Germanwings Conspiracy Theories Surface As Second Black Box Is Reportedly Recovered

Germanwings Conspiracy Theories Surface As Second Black Box Is Reportedly Recovered

The Germanwings crash is surrounded by mystery as conspiracy theories saying co-pilot Andreas Lubitz is being used as a scapegoat surface while authorities say they have located the second black box. A group of supporters of the co-pilot — who is accused of purposely slamming the Airbus a320 into the French Alps last month — […]

9y ago

Michele Bachmann Likens Obama To A Suicidal Mass Murderer: Is She Out Of Step Or Out Of Line?

Michele Bachmann Likens Obama To A Suicidal Mass Murderer: Is She Out Of Step Or Out Of Line?

Give Michele Bachmann an angstrom of credit, irrespective of your political stripe. In an era in which our polarized populace has become largely desensitized to inflammatory political rhetoric, the former Congresswoman is still something of a show-stopper. As an outspoken star of the rightmost end of the American political spectrum, Bachmann is known for incendiary […]

9y ago

Kathrin Goldbach, Girlfriend Of Germanwings Co-Pilot Who Crashed Plane, Might Be Expecting His Baby

Kathrin Goldbach, Girlfriend Of Germanwings Co-Pilot Who Crashed Plane, Might Be Expecting His Baby

More things are being revealed about co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who has been accused of crashing Germanwings Flight 9525 last Tuesday. In the aftermath of the crash, investigators are trying to find out everything they can about Lubitz to determine a motive for causing the crash. Everything about his mental health is being examined. The New […]

9y ago

Germanwings Pilot Girlfriend: 26-Year-Old Reportedly Pregnant With Co-Pilot’s Child

Germanwings Pilot Girlfriend: 26-Year-Old Reportedly Pregnant With Co-Pilot’s Child

Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz and his girlfriend were reportedly expecting their first child together, according to numerous reports. Twenty-six-year-old Kathrin Goldbach allegedly told friends that she was with child and that she was excited to become a mother. According to the Christian Post, Lubitz had been living with Goldbach, a school teacher, in the German […]

9y ago

Andreas Lubitz: Co-Pilot’s Chilling Foreboding Words Revealed – ‘Preparing For Landing?.. Hopefully, We’ll See’

Andreas Lubitz: Co-Pilot’s Chilling Foreboding Words Revealed – ‘Preparing For Landing?.. Hopefully, We’ll See’

Andreas Lubitz may have offered a chilling, foreboding response to his Germanwings captain, Patrick Sondenheimer, shortly before the aircraft crashed. According to Daily Mail, the conversation between Lubitz and Sondenheimer reportedly took place during the landing check. Investigators retrieved the transcript from the plane’s black box recorder. Apparently, the conversation took place just before the […]

9y ago

Germanwings Crash: Andreas Lubitz’s Girlfriend Pregnant With His Child

Germanwings Crash: Andreas Lubitz’s Girlfriend Pregnant With His Child

It has been alleged that Kathrin Goldbach, the girlfriend of Andreas Lubitz, is pregnant with his child. German newspaper Bild, via the Mirror, have reported that Goldbach is pregnant with the child of Lubitz, who is believed to have crashed the Germanwings airplane on Tuesday that resulted in the deaths of 150 people. Goldbach works […]

9y ago

Germanwings: Black Box Transcript Reveals Pilot Pleading With Co-Pilot, ‘Open The God D**n Door!’

Germanwings: Black Box Transcript Reveals Pilot Pleading With Co-Pilot, ‘Open The God D**n Door!’

Transcripts of the black box recording of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, killing 150 passengers, have been published. The transcript reveals the pilot’s last-ditch efforts to break into the cockpit and regain control of the plane after his co-pilot locked him out. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked out pilot Patrick Sondheimer, after […]

9y ago

Germanwings Co-Pilot Was A Muslim Convert?

Germanwings Co-Pilot Was A Muslim Convert?

Andreas Lubitz is the Germanwings co-pilot who is believed to have deliberately crashed the Airbus A320 carrying 150 passengers into the French Alps. Now, as reported in BizPac Review from GRN News, the discovery of an “item of significance” in the apartment of the Germanwings co-pilot is suggesting that Andreas Lubitz was also a Muslim […]

9y ago

Andreas Lubitz Wrongly Identified In Media Photos

Andreas Lubitz Wrongly Identified In Media Photos

A photograph of a man, mistakenly identified as Andreas Lubitz, is causing quite a stir. The photo, which originated on Twitter, is being used by media outlets to identify the man accused of deliberately crashing a passenger plane into the French Alps. However, the man in the photo is Andreas Günter not Andreas Günter Lubitz. […]

9y ago

Andreas Lubitz Doctor’s Notes Should Have Grounded Germanwings Co-Pilot

Andreas Lubitz Doctor’s Notes Should Have Grounded Germanwings Co-Pilot

Andreas Lubitz — the Germanwings co-pilot who investigators believe intentionally crashed the Airbus a320, killing all 149 people on board Tuesday — had doctor’s notes which should have grounded him on that fateful day. The investigation into why the 28-year-old man crashed the airplane into the French Alps, after locking the pilot out of the […]

9y ago

Germanwings Crash: ‘Depressed’ Andreas Lubitz Was ‘Unsuitable For Flying’

Germanwings Crash: ‘Depressed’ Andreas Lubitz Was ‘Unsuitable For Flying’

Further details about Andreas Lubitz — the man accused of crashing a Germanwings aircraft into the Alps on Tuesday killing 150 passengers — have emerged, and it has been seen suggested that he was “unsuitable for flying.” The 28-year-old co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 4U9525 allegedly locked his captain out of the cockpit after he had […]

9y ago

Intentional Plane Crashes A Rare Occurrence

Intentional Plane Crashes A Rare Occurrence

The downing of Germanwings flight 9525 that killed all 150 passengers on board was declared a intentional crash by French officials, the New York Timesreports. A voice recording found on the plane’s black box indicated the co-pilot, 27-year-old Andreas Lubitz of Germany, intentionally crashed the plane into the French Alps after locking his colleague out […]

9y ago

Germanwings Crash: Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz Was A Troubled Man, Police Says

Germanwings Crash: Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz Was A Troubled Man, Police Says

As more details emerge in the Germanwings crash investigation, news that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz — who is being accused of intentionally flying the Airbus a320 into the mountainside — was a deeply troubled man is surfacing. The shocking development has made an already-heartbreaking tragedy a senseless one for the families of the 144 passengers and […]

9y ago

Germanwings Plane Crash: First Picture Of Andreas Lubitz Emerges, Patrick Sonderheimer Revealed As Heroic Pilot Who Tried To Stop Disaster

Germanwings Plane Crash: First Picture Of Andreas Lubitz Emerges, Patrick Sonderheimer Revealed As Heroic Pilot Who Tried To Stop Disaster

The first picture of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot accused of crashing the Germanwings aircraft into the French Alps on Tuesday, has emerged. Lubitz is believed to have altered the altitude settings, which led to the death of 152 people. Lubitz set the plane on this course of action after his fellow pilot Patrick Sonderheimer visited […]

9y ago

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