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Andreas Lubitz, Germanwings Co-Pilot, Wanted to "Destroy" Plane on Purpose, Investigators Believe

Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight that crashed into the Alps this week, set out to destroy the plane on purpose, officials believe. Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, citing “black box” recordings, said Lubitz was alone in the cockpit when the Germanwings plane crashed, killing 148 . He intentionally started the fatal descent while the pilot was locked out, and there was “absolute silence in the cockpit” as the pilot fought to re-enter. Robin said “the most plausible interpretation” for this turn of events was that the co-pilot had deliberately barred the pilot from re-entering the cockpit. Robin said, “We hear the pilot ask the co-pilot to take control of the plane and we hear at the same time the sound of a seat moving backwards and the sound of a door closing.” He said the pilot, named in the German media as Patrick S., had probably gone to the toilet, and “at that moment, the co-pilot is controlling the plane by himself.” “While he is alone, the co-pilot presses the buttons of the flight monitoring system to put into action the descent of the airplane. He operated this button for a reason we don’t know yet.” “It appears that the reason was to destroy this plane.” Lubitz was alive until impact, the prosecutor said. Air traffic controllers made repeated, failed attempts to contact the aircraft, upon which passengers could be heard screaming just before the crash. So who is Andreas Lubitz and why would he do this? Details are emerging of the German co-pilot’s past, although his apparent motives are a mystery. Lubitz, 28, had undergone intensive training and ” was 100 percent fit to fly without any caveats “, according to Carsten Spohr, the head of Lufthansa. The German carrier, which owns Germanwings, says his training was briefly halted six years ago, but “the suitability of the candidate was re-established.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters that the co-pilot’s apparent actions had given the tragedy a “new, simply incomprehensible dimension.” The Airbus 320 from Barcelona, Spain to Duesseldorf, Germany, hit a mountain in France, killing all passengers and crew on board earlier this week. Official have said that the co-pilot was “not known by us” to have any links to extremism or terrorism, though the thorough investigation will continue.

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Andreas Lubitz, Germanwings Co-Pilot, Wanted to "Destroy" Plane on Purpose, Investigators Believe

Pimco El-Erian Video: "Unfortunately it’s a Mess" in Europe, Credibility Declines, Merkozy Cannot Even Agree on the "Easy Part"

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Pimco El-Erian Video: "Unfortunately it’s a Mess" in Europe, Credibility Declines, Merkozy Cannot Even Agree on the "Easy Part"

Obama to Gadhafi: Leave Libya Now

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WASHINGTON (AP/THE BLAZE) — President Barack Obama says Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi must leave the country now. Obama made the comments to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a private telephone conversation Saturday as they discussed the violence in Libya. The White House says Obama told Merkel that when a leader’s only means of holding power is to use violence against his people, then he has lost… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 26/02/2011 21:15 Number of articles : 2

Obama to Gadhafi: Leave Libya Now

‘Obama Is not God’: US Drone Attack Raises Uncomfortable Questions for Germany

A US drone attack in Pakistan in October is thought to have killed a German citizen. The government of Chancellor Angela Merkel would prefer the case to simply go away, but one parliamentarian is refusing to let it be forgotten. When a German citizen is killed in a foreign country under mysterious circumstances, one might expect an outcry from politicians and the media. But the case of B

Fat Guy Shirts

Fat Guy Shirts encourage big folks to applaud the threat of diabetes with funny tee-shirts.

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Fat Guy Shirts

Stacy Parker Aab

POLITICS BUZZ : Yet another aide to Bill Clinton is dishing on his lecherous ways (for money, in a book, because it's 2009 and why not cash in). The stories are incredibly lame, but in the Obama Date Night era, this is the best you will get. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment

Chancellor of Germany's Pose

Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, has found a pose that she likes, and she's going to stick with it (even if it is distinctly supervillianey).

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