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FILE: Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz. Picture: AFP

Germanwings plane crash

Germanwings crash: Investigators find only pilot Lubitz at fault

By Reuters

Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately flew the Germanwings A320 jet into a French mountainside in 2015, killing all 150 people on board.

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    EU panel urges more pilot screenings after Germanwings crash

    A panel of experts led by Europe’s aviation safety regulator is called for introduction of random tests.

    2497 days ago
  • FILE: Rescuers prepare in a field where the rescue effort is headquartered on 24 March, 2015 in the southeastern French town of Seyne after a German Airbus A320 of the low-cost carrier Germanwings crashed, Picture: AFP.

    Germanwings pilot rehearsed crash on outbound flight

    A preliminary report confirmed preparations carried out by co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz.

    2568 days ago
  • Co-pilot of Germanwings flight 4U9525 Andreas Lubitz taking part in the Airport Hamburg 10-mile run on September 13, 2009 in Hamburg, northern Germany. Picture: AFP.

    Germanwings co-pilot practiced descent on outbound flight before crash

    An interim report said that Andreas Lubitz had practiced reducing flight altitude on the outbound flight.

    2569 days ago
  • FILE: A plane of Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Germanwings in flight. Picture: AFP.

    Germanwings plane evacuated after bomb scare

    Germanwings said the pilot of Flight 4U 826 to Milan was taxiing to the runway when he received a call.

    2592 days ago
  • A plane of Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Germanwings in flight. Picture: AFP.

    France halts search for bodies at Germanwings crash site

    French investigators have ended their search for bodies in the French Alps.

    2601 days ago
  • FILE: Co-pilot of Germanwings flight 4U9525 Andreas Lubitz taking part in the Airport Hamburg 10-mile run on September 13, 2009 in Hamburg, northern Germany. Picture: AFP.

    Germanwings co-pilot accelerated before crashing

    It’s also emerged he suffered from a mental illness that rendered him unfit to work at some point.

    2602 days ago
  • This photo comes from now-removed Facebook page of Gemanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz. Picture: Facebook community page.

    Germanwings co-pilot researched suicide methods

    Andreas Lubitz searched the internet for ways to commit suicide and info on cockpit door security.

    2602 days ago
  • A screengrab taken from an AFP TV video on March 24, 2015 shows search and rescue personnel near scattered debris while making their way through the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps above the southeastern town of Seyne. Picture: AFP.

    Dramatic new developments in Germanwings crash

    Second black box found and prosecutors discover shocking evidence on co-pilot’s tablet.

    2603 days ago
  • FILE: Co-pilot of Germanwings flight 4U9525 Andreas Lubitz taking part in the Airport Hamburg 10-mile run on September 13, 2009 in Hamburg, northern Germany. Picture: AFP.

    Germanwings co-pilot lied to doctors about sick leave

    A newspaper states Andreas Lubitz concealed the fact that he was still working as a pilot.

    2603 days ago
  • The CAA says one of its personnel has been permanently grounded for a mental condition that is incompatible with flying. Picture: freeimages.com.

    CAA grounds 3 over psychological concerns

    This weekend reports of an 'aviation time bomb' in South Africa emerged.

    2603 days ago
  • FILE: A plane of Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Germanwings in flight. Picture: AFP.

    Germanwings: New video shows last seconds before crash

    The video was found on a mobile phone belonging to one of the passengers killed on the flight.

    2604 days ago
  • This photo comes from now-removed Facebook page of Gemanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz. Picture: Facebook community page.

    Germanwings crash: Flight school knew of pilot's depression

    Andreas Lubitz told the Lufthansa training school he’d gone through a period of 'severe depression'.

    2604 days ago
  • A girl lays flowers at a memorial in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium secondary school in Haltern am See, western Germany on March 24, 2015, from where some of the Germanwings plane crash victims came. Picture: AFP.

    Germanwings crash: Pilot was treated for suicidal tendencies

    Authorities say the pilot underwent psycho-therapeutic treatment years before obtaining his pilot's license.

    2606 days ago
  • Journalists wait to get more information as they sit in a room equipped with a screen displaying TV-news on the crash of a Germanwings plane on March 24, 2015 at the airport in Dusseldorf, western Germany, where the airplane was due to land. Picture: AFP.

    Searchers build roadway to remote Germanwings crash site

    Earthmovers are ploughing a track to the remote crash area that should be completed by Tuesday or Wednesday.

    2606 days ago
  • A screengrab taken from an AFP TV video on March 24, 2015 shows search and rescue personnel near scattered debris while making their way through the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps above the southeastern town of Seyne. Picture: AFP.

    Former SAA pilot: Young pilots more stressed today

    Former SAA pilot Karl Jensen speaks to Talk Radio 702's John Robbie about the stress pilots face.

    2606 days ago
  • A screengrab taken from an AFP TV video on March 24, 2015 shows search and rescue personnel near scattered debris while making their way through the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps above the southeastern town of Seyne. Picture: AFP.

    Last moments of the Germanwings flight

    Most of what investigators have found remains a mystery, as they look into the crash of Germanwings flight 9525. CNN’s Andrew spencer reports a German newspaper has published details from the flight's cockpit voice recorder.

    2606 days ago
  • FILE: A former SAA pilot says air transport remains one of the safest forms despite an increase in pilot stress. Picture: AFP

    'Despite pilot stress, flying is still the safest mode of transport'

    In response to the Germanwings crash, airlines across the globe are monitoring pilots more sternly.

    2606 days ago
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