Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot of the Germanwings plan that crashed on Tuesday, wrecked the flight on purpose.
Germanwingss flight 9525 traveling from Barcelona, Spain to Düsseldorf, Germany crashed in the French Alps. All 144 passengers and six crew members, including Andreas Lubitz, were killed in the crash, reports The New York Times.
Here are a few things to know about Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, as collected from NYT.
- He was 28 years old.
- Lubitz lived in Montabaur, Germany.
- He locked the pilot of the plane out of the cabin before crashing it.
- The co-pilot wasn’t known to law enforcement officials.
- It’s unknown why he decided to crash the flight and kill its passengers and crew.
- Lubitz was hired by Germanwings in 2013 and had 630 hours of flight experience.
- He had roughly 100 hours of experience with the type of plan involved int he crash.
- There was no sign that he had a heart attack or other medical issue during the flight.
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