French
prosecutors have confirmed that the second black box from the Germanwings
flight 4U9525 has been found. Authorities hope to find more clues about the
plane crash in the French Alps.
Deutsche Welle, 2 April 2015
After the
first voice recorder suggested that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately locked
the plane on a collision course with the mountains, the second black could
provide more information about the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps
last week, French prosecutor Brice Robin told reporters in Marseille on Thursday.
Brice Robin |
The voice
recorder with the conversations between Lubitz and the pilot had been found
shortly after the crash on March 24. German co-pilot took the advantage of the
captain's absence to lock him out and set the plane on a deadly descent into
the Alps.
The
Marseille prosecutor in charge of the case, declined to give any further
comment, but said he was planning a press conference for later on Thursday.
The Flight
data in the second black box contain readings from hundreds of parameters of
the Airbus aircraft including any pilot commands.
French
search teams were also examining cell phones found in the debris of the plane
crash for more clues about the tragedy. However, no video or audio from such
devices has been released publicly.
The
Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Düsseldorf crashed into the
mountains at a speed of 700 kilometres (430 miles) an hour, killing all 150
people on board.
Co-pilot
studied suicide methods on internet
Meanwhile,
German state prosecutors said a computer seized from 27-year-old co-pilot's
home showed searches had been made on cockpit doors and their safety
precautions as well as suicide methods.
Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz |
"On at
least one day, the person also spent several minutes trying out search terms
for cockpit doors and their security protection," German prosecutor Ralf
Herrenbrueck said.
"The
browser history wasn't erased, in particular the search terms called up on this
device in the period from March 16 to March 23 were able to be retraced,"
the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
Lubitz's
tablet computer was found in a search of his flat in Düsseldorf.
German
prosecutors have said Lubitz was diagnosed as suicidal "several years
ago," before he became a pilot. He informed Lufthansa about his illness in
2009 after interrupting his flight training.
Two days
after the crash, Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr said Lubitz had passed
all medical and psychological tests to obtain a student pilot certificate
including the one from the US Federal Aviation Authority in 2010.
jil/rc (dpa, AFP)
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