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|birth_name = Andreas Günter Lubitz |
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'''Andreas Günter Lubitz''' (18 December 1987<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/panorama/Andreas-Lubitz-Wer-war-der-Co-Pilot-von-Flug-4U-9525-id33511832.html |title=Andreas Lubitz: Wer war der Co-Pilot von Flug 4U 9525? |trans_title=Andreas Lubitz: Who was the Co-Pilot of Flight 4U 9525? |publisher=augsburger-allgemeine.de |language=German |date=26 March 2015 |accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref> – 24 March 2015<ref name="auto"/>) was a German pilot for ], a subsidiary of the international airline ]. He was the co-pilot of ], which crashed into the ] on 24 March 2015 killing him along with 149 others. French and German prosecutors investigating the crash have confirmed that Lubitz had been treated for suicidal tendencies and believe that he intentionally crashed the plane. |
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Aviation authorities in Canada, New Zealand, and Germany have implemented new regulations that require two authorized personnel to be present in the cockpit at all times in direct response to the crash.<ref name="CBC">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/germanwings-flight-4u9525-canadian-airlines-told-to-have-2-people-in-the-cockpit-1.3010494|title=Germanwings Flight 4U9525: Canadian airlines told to have 2 people in the cockpit|date=27 March 2015|publisher=]|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= Henry |last=Cooke |date=27 March 2015 |title= CAA changes cockpit policy following Germanwings crash |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/67527128/air-nz-changes-cockpit-policy-following-germanwings-crash |publisher= Fairfax New Zealand |accessdate= 27 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="WSJ2">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2015/03/27/germanwings-crash-how-the-aviation-industry-has-reacted-at-a-glance/|title=Germanwings Crash: How the Aviation Industry Has Reacted|work=]|date=27 March 2015|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref> The ]'s top air safety agency has recommended similar changes to be introduced.<ref name="WSJ2" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-considers-beefing-up-cockpit-rules-after-germanwings-plane-crash-1427455560|title=EU Regulator Recommends Tightening Cockpit Rules After Germanwings Crash|work=]|date=27 March 2015|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref> A number of airlines announced similar changes to their policies.<ref name="CBC" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/mar/26/germanwings-plane-crash-investigation-press-conference-live-updates-4u9525|title=Germanwings crash: airliners change cockpit rules after co-pilot blamed – as it happened|work=]|date=26 March 2015|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/mar/27/germanwings-crash-details-emerge-of-the-co-pilot-who-crashed-his-plane-live-updates#block-5514a5ede4b07e0a7c43a7bc|title=Germanwings investigators find torn-up sicknote in co-pilot's home|work=]|date=27 March 2015|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/germanwings-flight-4u9525-co-pilot-andreas-lubitz-hid-illness-from-employer-1.3011724|title=Germanwings Flight 4U9525 co-pilot Andreas Lubitz 'hid illness' from employer|publisher=]|date=27 March 2015|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref> The ] in the United States already requires the "rule of two", as do several other countries.<ref name="auto1"/> |
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==Early life== |
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Lubitz grew up in ], Bavaria<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/germanwings-plane-crash/11508919/Andreas-Lubitz-first-picture-of-Germanwings-co-pilots-father.html|title=Andreas Lubitz: first picture of Germanwings co-pilot's father emerges|date=1 April 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> and ] in the German state of ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Webb |first=Sam |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/who-andreas-lubitz-everything-you-5404476 |title=Who is Andreas Lubitz? Everything you need to know about the Germanwings co-pilot |work=]|location=London|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref> His mother is a piano teacher and his father a business executive. While in high school, Lubitz worked part-time at ] where his manager described him as "dependable and inconspicuous."<ref name="guardianlive">{{cite web|url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/mar/27/germanwings-crash-details-emerge-of-the-co-pilot-who-crashed-his-plane-live-updates|title = Germanwings crash: report that co-pilot Lubitz had suffered 'personal life crisis'|work = The Guardian|date = 27 March 2015|accessdate = 27 March 2015}}</ref> He took flying lessons at Luftsportclub Westerwald, an aviation sports club in Montabaur.<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite news|last=Sawer |first=Patrick |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11496066/Andreas-Lubitz-and-Patrick-S-What-do-we-know-about-the-pilots-on-Germanwings-flight-4U9525.html |title=Andreas Lubitz: Everything we know about Germanwings plane crash co-pilot|work=]|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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Lubitz was accepted into a ] trainee program after high school. Starting in 2008, he received pilot training at the ] in ], Germany,<ref name="telegraph1"/> and at the Lufthansa Airline Training Center in ], United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/26/arizona-pilot-learned-to-fly-goodyear/70481268/ |title=Officials: German pilot in crash trained in Goodyear|date=26 March 2015|work=]|location=Phoenix|accessdate=28 March 2015 |quote=Ruecker said Lubitz also trained in Goodyear, Arizona.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/world/europe/andreas-lubitz-germanwings-co-pilot-showed-no-warning-signs-before-crash-airline-says.html|title=Andreas Lubitz, Who Loved to Fly, Ended Up on a Mysterious and Deadly Course|work=]|date=26 March 2015}}</ref> Lubitz took time off from his flight training for several months and informed the Flight Training Pilot School in 2009 of a "previous episode of severe depression".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lufthansagroup.com/en/press/news-releases/singleview/archive/2015/march/31/article/3485.html|title=Lufthansa helps investigation progress|author=COMKOM° GmbH, Germany|publisher=lufthansagroup.com}}</ref> He later completed the training. Prior to his training as a commercial pilot, he was also treated for suicidal tendencies.<ref name=Spiegel>{{cite web|title=Germanwings-Absturz: Co-Pilot war vor Jahren wegen Suizidgefahr in Behandlung|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/germanwings-absturz-co-pilot-vor-jahren-wegen-suizidgefahr-in-behandlung-a-1026218.html|website=Spiegel.de}} {{de icon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/germanwings-flight-4u9525-flight-school-knew-of-depressive-episode-1.3015984|title=Germanwings Flight 4U9525: Flight school knew of depressive episode|date=31 March 2015|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=1 April 2015}}</ref> |
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He then worked as a flight attendant at the airline during an eleven-month waiting period. He joined Germanwings in September 2013, and had 630 hours of flying experience at the time of the crash.<ref name="qz.com">{{cite web|author=Hanna Kozlowska|url=http://qz.com/370582/what-we-know-so-far-about-andreas-lubitz-the-co-pilot-who-deliberately-crashed-the-germanwings-plane/ |title=What we know so far about Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot who "deliberately" crashed the Germanwings plane|publisher=]|date=26 March 2015|accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref> Lubitz was a keen runner and ran the Frankfurt half-marathon in 2011, 2012 and 2013.<ref name="telegraph1"/> |
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The ] stated that Lubitz had been examined for a condition other than depression on 10 March.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uniklinik-duesseldorf.de/presse/detailansicht/article/co-pilot-der-germanwings-maschine-war-zu-untersuchungen-im-universitaetsklinikum-duesseldorf|title=Co-Pilot der Germanwings-Maschine war zu Untersuchungen im Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf|trans_title=Co-pilot of the German Wings machine was to research at the University Hospital Dusseldorf|date=27 March 2015|language=de|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref> |
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Lubitz was the co-pilot on ], which crashed into the French Alps on 24 March 2015, killing him along with 149 others. French and German prosecutors later confirmed that Lubitz deliberately crashed the plane.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1453092/alps-crash-co-pilot-wanted-to-destroy-plane |title=Alps Crash Co-Pilot 'Wanted To Destroy Plane'|publisher=]|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Nicola|last2=Bilefsky|first2=Dan|title=Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Airbus Jet, French Prosecutor Says|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/world/europe/germanwings-crash.html|accessdate=26 March 2015|work=The New York Times|date=26 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/mar/26/germanwings-plane-crash-investigation-press-conference-live-updates-4u9525|title=Germanwings Plane Crash Investigation|date=26 March 2015|work=The Guardian|accessdate=26 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/germanwings-flight-4u9525-co-pilot-put-plane-into-descent-prosecutor-says-1.3010045 |title=Germanwings Flight 4U9525: Co-pilot put plane into descent, prosecutor says|date=26 March 2015 |publisher=]|accessdate=26 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Levs |first1=Josh |last2=Smith-Spark |first2=Laura|last3=Yan|first3=Holly|title=Germanwings Flight 9525 co-pilot deliberately crashed plane, officials say|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/26/europe/france-germanwings-plane-crash-main/index.html|accessdate=26 March 2015|work=]|date=26 March 2015}}</ref> |
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Following the crash, German police searched Lubitz's apartment on 26 March 2015.<ref>{{cite web|author=0138 GMT (0938 HKT) 27 March 2015 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/26/europe/france-germanwings-plane-crash-main/ |title=Germanwings plane crash: Co-pilot acted deliberately|publisher=CNN|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref> They subsequently issued a statement that Lubitz had been hiding an unspecified existing illness from his employer.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32087203|title=Alps crash co-pilot 'hid illness'|publisher=BBC News|date=27 March 2015}}</ref> Prosecutors said the seized medical documents from Lubitz's home indicated "an existing illness and appropriate medical treatment." Among the documents found there were sick notes—torn up, current, and for the day of the crash—leading to the provisional assessment that the deceased was hiding his illness from his employer.<ref name="auto"/> He flew even though he had a certificate saying he was not fit to work.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/mar/27/germanwings-crash-details-emerge-of-the-co-pilot-who-crashed-his-plane-live-updates#block-5514fe4ae4b0eb24a16eb7e0|title=Dr Hans-Werner Teichmüller, president of the Deutsche Fliegerarztverband, an association of German doctors who carry out examinations on pilots and flight crew|date=28 March 2015}}</ref> On 28 March 2015, authorities searched his house again, finding evidence that he was taking prescription drugs and that he suffered from a "psychosomatic illness."<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/28/europe/france-germanwings-plane-crash-main/index.html|date=28 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Indep29Mar15">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/andreas-lubitz-repeatedly-urged-germanwings-captain-to-leave-him-alone-in-the-cockpit-before-setting-a320-on-path-to-french-alps-crash-10141732.html|title=Andreas Lubitz 'repeatedly urged Germanwings captain to leave him alone in the cockpit' before setting A320 on path to French Alps crash|work=The Independent|accessdate=29 March 2015}}</ref> |
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On 2 April 2015, German prosecutors revealed that Lubitz had performed Internet searches for topics related to suicide and aircraft cabin door security.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32159602|title=Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz 'researched suicide'|date=2 April 2015|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> On 3 April 2015, French investigators revealed that flight data recorder data indicated that Lubitz deliberately steered the plane into the mountainside.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32173632|title=Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz 'accelerated descent'|date=3 April 2015|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> |
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| NAME = Lubitz, Andreas |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = German pilot |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 18 December 1987 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Germany |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 24 March 2015 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = Prads-Haute-Bléone, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France |
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