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Germanwings crash: German Police probe on co-pilot
Duesseldorf, Mar 27 (IBNS): After it was revealed that the co-pilot of Germanwings jetliner, which crashed in the French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne on Tuesday killing all 150 people on board, German Police have started a probe to investigate his possible motives in doing so.
The German police have seized possessions belonging to co-pilot Andreas Lubitz.
Officers searched Lubitz's flat in Duesseldorf and also the house he shared with his parents in Montabaur, north of Frankfurt, late on Thursday.
A number of items were seized from his house including boxes and a computer.
This comes after Chief Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, who is in charge of investigating into the crash of a Germanwings jetliner on Thursday said that evidence from the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the co-pilot had deliberately locked the captain out of the cockpit and steered the plane into its descent.
"At this moment, in light of investigation, the interpretation we can give at this time is that the co-pilot through voluntary abstention refused to open the door of the cockpit to the commander, and activated the button that commands the loss of altitude," Brice Robin was quoted as saying by French media.
Robin had said information collected from the black box cockpit recorder suggested that the co-pilot, who has been identified as German citizen Andreas Lubitz, refused to open the cabin's door and "intentionally'' sent the plane into its fatal descent.
He had said it appeared that the co-pilot's intention had been "to destroy the aircraft."
According to him, the co-pilot had been breathing until before the moment of impact, which suggested that he was conscious of his actions.
According to unconfirmed media reports, the co-pilot was suffering from depression.
The revelation comes after the flight, which belongs to Germanwings and carrying 144 passengers and six crew members, crashed in the French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne on Tuesday killing all people on board.
French transport officials said there were no survivors.
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