| Online: | |
| Visits: | |
| Stories: |
| Story Views | |
| Now: | |
| Last Hour: | |
| Last 24 Hours: | |
| Total: | |
Andreas Lubitz Called ‘Courteous’ in Leadup to Crash -’Nothing to Suggest This Was A Terrorist Act,’ Investigators Say
Andreas Lubitz
Cheryl Chumley / WND
Andreas Lubitz, the 28-yer-old German national from Rhineland who has been fingered as the man at fault for purposely crashing the Germanwings plane and killing all 150 aboard, didn’t have terrorist ties, one investigator said.
Lubitz “had no reason to do it,” said Brice Robin, Marseille prosecutor, International Business Times reported. “Nothing to suggest this was a terrorist act.”
Robin also told The Mirror he’s not aware of what Lubitz’s religious beliefs or affiliation had been, but said: “I don’t think that’s where the answer to this lies.”
At the same time, Robin said investigators are waiting for more information from German authorities about Lubitz’s past, his affiliations and any other details about his life that could prove pertinent.
Robin confirmed Lubitz “manipulated the flight monitoring system to voluntarily start descent of the plane. He did it in a deliberate way. We could hear [on the cockpit recording] appeals from the pilot to access the cockpit, but no response from the cockpit.”
What’s also known is that Lubitz was strangely quiet and courteous to the captain – identified in the Telegraph as Patrick S., a father of two – in the leadup to the crash, according to cockpit recordings of the plane’s last 30 minutes of flight.
Read more at WND:
http://www.wnd.com/2015/03/andreas-lubitz-called-courteous-in-leadup-to-crash/
