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March 29, 2015
by Cindy Ariel,Phd

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Suicide, Mass Murder, and Mental Illness on Germanwings Flight 4U9525

March 29, 2015 18:01 by Cindy Ariel,Phd  [About the Author]

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Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was alone in the cockpit for 10 minutes. When the voice box was recovered, his quiet steady breathing could be heard, along with increasingly aggressive banging on the door. Transponder data shows that the autopilot on Germanwings Flight 4U9525 was reprogrammed in the cockpit to set the plane on a crash course. A search is underway for the plane’s second “black box” which could shed more light on the final minutes but complete details regarding the mental state of the co-pilot who took it down may never be found. [More]