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Germanwings Co-Pilot May Have Rehearsed Crash On Earlier Flight, Report Finds

11:07am May 06, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

A report finds that Andreas Lubitz set the altitude dial to 100 feet several times during his outbound flight, leading investigators to believe that he was practicing for the crash.

September 13, 2009 photo of Andreas Lubitz, who is believed to have deliberately crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 into a mountain in southern France on March 24, 2015, killing all 150 people on board.

Documents Show FAA Questioned Mental Fitness of Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz

4:32pm April 30, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Newly released documents show the FAA initially declined to give Andreas Lubitz a medical certificate for his U.S. pilot's license because of his history of depression.

The crash site of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps. Evidence from the flight data recorder shows the co-pilot accelerated as the airliner headed toward the mountainside, French investigators say.

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Germanwings Co-Pilot Accelerated Toward Crash, Officials Say

4:01pm April 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

France's aviation safety agency says co-pilot Andreas Lubitz "changed the automatic pilot settings to increase the speed of the airplane in its descent" before last week's deadly crash.

Mountain troops, police and gendarme officers listen during a briefing before heading to the Germanwings crash site Thursday in Seyne-les-Alpes, France. A French prosecutor said Thursday the plane's second black box has been recovered.

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Prosecutors: Co-Pilot's Computer Shows Searches On Suicide, Cockpit Doors

1:13pm April 02, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Separately, French prosecutors say the second black box of Flight 4U 9525 has been recovered. The plane crash last week in the French Alps killed all 150 people onboard.

Germanwings CEO Thomas Winkelmann (left) and Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr visited the site of the Germanwings jet crash in Le Vernet, France, on Wednesday.

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CEOs Of Germanwings, Lufthansa Visit Crash Site

12:08pm April 01, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Speaking with reporters, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr did not respond to questions about the co-pilot's medical history.

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Lufthansa Says It Knew Of Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz's Depression

8:09pm March 31, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Prosecutors say Lubitz deliberately crashed his plane carrying 149 others into the French Alps last week. Lufthansa said he had informed them in 2009 of a "previous depressive episode."

German policemen stand outside a house believed to belong to Andreas Lubitz in Montabaur, Germany, on Thursday. Lubitz, the co-pilot on the Germanwings plane that crashed Tuesday, is suspected of deliberately crashing a the jet into the French Alps.

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Details Emerge About Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz

2:41pm March 30, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

His flying club says Lubitz "wanted to see his dream of flying fulfilled." Investigators say he appears to have deliberately crashed Flight 4U 9525 into the French Alps, killing 150 people.

Airplanes' contrails streak the sky close to where a Germanwings plane crashed last week, in Seyne les Alpes, France.

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Germanwings Crash: Co-Pilot Was Treated For Suicidal Tendencies

11:59am March 30, 2015

by Bill Chappell

But a prosecutor says "documents don't show any hints of [Andreas Lubitz] being suicidal or being aggressive toward other people." The plane crash last week killed 150 people.

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Pope Francis blesses a baby after celebrating a Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

At Palm Sunday Mass, Pope Remembers Germanwings Crash Victims

11:32am March 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Francis noted that schoolchildren were aboard the aircraft thought to have been deliberately crashed by its co-pilot. The pontiff also paid tribute to "martyrs" killed for their faith.

A stone memorial, surrounded by flowers, has been placed near the site in the French Alps where a Germanwings passenger jet crashed on Tuesday (March 24, 2015). Investigators believe the jet's co-pilot brought it down deliberately.

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Germanwings Crash: 'Suicide' Doesn't Seem To Tell The Story

2:54pm March 28, 2015

by Mark Memmott

Though investigators say it looks like the co-pilot deliberately brought down the jet, killing himself and 149 others, there are reasons not to use that word.

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