After the terrible news Thursday by French prosecutor Brice Robin about the co-pilot, who allegedly intentionally wanted to bring down Germanwings Flight 9525, more facts are emerging about who he was.
Andreas Lubitz was a 28-year-old German citizen who lived in Montabaur, Germany. After logging 630 hours and graduating from flight school two years ago, Lubitz began flying for the low-cost German airline based in Cologne.
The Aviation Business Gazette listed him as a pilot who “sets [a] positive example.”
“The Federal Aviation Administration is recognizing Andreas Guenter Lubitz with inclusion in the prestigious FAA Airmen Certification Database,” the statement on the website read.
Some of the other recognitions and information coming out about the co-pilot now is so disturbing after what Robin alleged.
According to the prosecutor, Lubitz took over the controls of the German Airbus A320 and locked the other pilot out of the plane’s cockpit. The pilot can be heard on the voice recorder knocking and trying to get back in, but to no avail. Lubitz was also heard breathing calmly until the moment of impact; indicating that he was alive and heard the pilot knocking.
The jet crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday killing all 150 people on board. The plane had left Spain and was en route back to Germany.