The pilot left the cockpit at 10.30am, probably to go to the bathroom. His co-pilot Andreas Lubitz then locked him out, and set the altitude meter to 100ft, its lowest possible level. For 10 minutes Lubitz flew the plane alone, while other crew members banged frantically on the cockpit door. Finally he crashed into a French mountain, killing all 150 people on Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Düsseldorf. We now know that Lubitz had done web searches for suicide, and for security of cockpit doors. Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, had twice refused to renew his medical certificate due to depression.
在德國之翼(Germanwings)從巴塞羅那飛往杜塞爾多夫的4U9525航班上，機長上午10：30離開駕駛艙——可能要去洗手間。副駕駛安德烈亞斯?盧比茨(Andreas Lubitz)隨后把他鎖在門外，并將飛行高度儀設為最低限——100英尺。隨后的10分鐘，盧比茨一人操縱飛機，而其他機組人員在外面瘋狂地砸著駕駛艙門。最終，盧比茨駕駛飛機撞毀在法國一處山區，機上150人全部遇難。我們現在得知，盧比茨曾在網上搜索自殺方法以及飛機駕駛艙門的安全性。德國之翼的母公司漢莎航空(Lufthansa)曾兩次因為他的抑郁癥拒絕更新他的醫學證明。