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Officials say co-pilot intentionally crashed Germanwings Airbus
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March 29, 2015
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Officials said Thursday, after analyzing data from the Germanwings
Flight 9525 cockpit voice recorder, that the airbus crashed into the
French Alps because its co-pilot deliberately crashed it.

On the clockpit voice recorder, the captain can be heard trying to get
back into the cockpit.  Transponder data indicates the autopilot was
told to descend form 38,000 feet to 100 feet.  The last part of the
recording contains screaming during the sudden decent.

Investigators are still searching for the plane's flight data recorder.

The co-pilot started training in 2008, and was diagnosed in 2009 with
serious depression according to BBC News. Later he completed his
training and passed all his tests to pilot, according to Lufthansa chief
executive Carsten Spohr.

In light of this incident, several airlines announced a ban on leaving
any one person alone in the cockpit.

The flight path and altitude chart can be seen in the images below.

== Sources == 

* http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32081681
* http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/26/europe/france-germanwings-plane-crash-main/



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