As the government looks to make psychometric tests compulsory for pilots in the wake of the Germanwings crash, DGCA is preparing detailed norms including that for assessment of an individual's mental health at the time of joining a flying training school. Relatives of victims of the Germanwings crash in the French Alps hope to take their compensation claims against parent company Lufthansa to a US court, their lawyer said today. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately flew the Germanwings A320 jet into a French mountainside in 2015, killing all 150 people on board.A panel of experts led by Europe’s aviation safety regulator is called for introduction of random tests.A preliminary report confirmed preparations carried out by co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz.An interim report said that Andreas Lubitz had practiced reducing flight altitude on the outbound flight.Germanwings said the pilot of Flight 4U 826 to Milan was taxiing to the runway when he received a call.French investigators have ended their search for bodies in the French Alps.It’s also emerged he suffered from a mental illness that rendered him unfit to work at some point.Andreas Lubitz searched the internet for ways to commit suicide and info on cockpit door security.Second black box found and prosecutors discover shocking evidence on co-pilot’s tablet.A newspaper states Andreas Lubitz concealed the fact that he was still working as a pilot.This weekend reports of an 'aviation time bomb' in South Africa emerged.The video was found on a mobile phone belonging to one of the passengers killed on the flight.Andreas Lubitz told the Lufthansa training school he’d gone through a period of 'severe depression'.Authorities say the pilot underwent psycho-therapeutic treatment years before obtaining his pilot's license.Earthmovers are ploughing a track to the remote crash area that should be completed by Tuesday or Wednesday.Former SAA pilot Karl Jensen speaks to Talk Radio 702's John Robbie about the stress pilots face.Most of what investigators have found remains a mystery, as they look into the crash of Germanwings flight 9525.
A French prosecutor on Thursday formally opened a criminal inquiry into the Germanwings plane crash in March that killed 150 people to investigate whether mistakes were made in monitoring the psychological health of the co-pilot. Local French officials oversaw the quiet burial of unidentified remains from the Alpine crash a year ago of a Germanwings plane flown into a mountain by its suicidal co-pilot. 1937 days ago
German prosecutors have decided that nobody other than pilot Andreas Lubitz could be held accountable for the crash of a Germanwings plane in March 2015, a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office said on Monday. The father of a Germanwings co-pilot whose plane slammed into the Alps in 2015 is trying to prove his son did not crash the jet deliberately, sparking anger among victims' families. German prosecutors have decided that nobody other than pilot Andreas Lubitz could be held accountable for the crash of a Germanwings plane in March 2015, a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office said on Monday. Deutsche Lufthansa plans to make offers of compensation in the coming days to the families of those killed in the crash of a Germanwings jet in the French Alps in late March, a spokesman for the airline said today. Find Germanwings Crash Latest News, Videos & Pictures on Germanwings Crash and see latest updates, news, information from NDTV.COM. French investigators today formally opened a probe to see if anyone could be held liable for manslaughter in the case of the Germanwings crash that killed 150 people. As the government looks to make psychometric tests compulsory for pilots in the wake of the Germanwings crash, DGCA is preparing detailed norms including that for assessment of an individual's mental health at the time of joining a flying training school. Germanwings: New video shows last seconds before crash The video was found on a mobile phone belonging to one of the passengers killed on the flight.