Co-Pilot Accelerated
PARIS (AP) — The French air accident investigation agency says the co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight repeatedly accelerated the plane as he used the automatic pilot to descend the A320 into the Alps.
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Investigators Focus On German Co-Pilot’s Mental State
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A French police official says European investigators are focusing on the psychological state of the 27-year-old German co-pilot who deliberately smashed an Airbus carrying 150 people into an Alpine mountainside.
Police at Co-Pilot's Home
UPDATE: 9:15 a.m. (0815 GMT, 4:15 a.m.) German police have searched the home of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz in Duesseldorf and seized material that will now be examined as part of the investigation into the crash that killed 150 people in the French Alps.
Plane Crash Intentional?
Shocking details about the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps are leaking out in various media reports this morning.