Flight 9525

On Tuesday a Germanwings A320 plane was crashed in the French Alps by the copilot Andreas Lubitz Killing the 150 passengers and crew members. Lubitz had been treated for depression starting after his training in 2009 for a year and a half. When the pilot left the cockpit to use the restroom, Lubitz locked the door behind him and started the planes decent while being totally silent. For the last few minutes the black box only picked up the noise of the rest of the passengers and crew yelling.

Two properties owned by Lubitz have been confiscated as well as his computer. The investigation is still ongoing, but they have found evidence of mental illness in his apartment. The police have not confirmed what it was, only that it was not a suicide note. Families of the victims are visiting Seyne-les-Alpes to pay their respects. Among the victims were sixteen students from a small German village and their two teachers retiring from a school exchange trip. Also on board were babies, two opera singers, and a pentagon contractor. There were 18 nationalities represented on the plane, though most were from Germany or Spain. Families are being asked to give DNA to identify the remains of the victims. Psychologist and other professionals have been sent to the town to help grieving family members.

After the three day investigation, they have yet to find the second black box, which records the planes flight data. It will hopefully give more insight into the crash and what happened before the plane started it's decline.

The crash site