Germanwings Flight 9525

An Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) composed of both aviation and medical experts, working in conjunction with commercial airlines and pilots’ unions, will strive to create a holistic approach to improving pilot mental health evaluations, in part by encouraging voluntary reporting of pilot mental health issues. “While some conditions automatically disqualify someone from flying, many pilots […]

The families of victims killed when a Germanwings copilot deliberately crashed an airliner in the French Alps are suing the U.S. flight school that trained him, claiming it failed to properly screen his medical background. The suit, filed on behalf of more than 80 families of victims killed on Flight 9525, alleges the Airline Training […]

In a final accident report investigating the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) cites weaknesses in detecting and reporting mental illnesses in pilots. On March 24, 2015, Andreas Lubitz waited until he was alone in the cockpit, locked the cabin door and deliberately crashed the aircraft into the French Alps, […]

When Germanwings Flight 9525 slammed into the French Alps in March, killing all on board, many aviation experts spoke out about improving the psychological and medical testing of airline pilots. In response, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is in the process of finalizing new regulations for increased airline safety. “We need to act quickly […]

Airlines and aviation safety regulators around the world are considering a range of measures intended to prevent another tragedy like the one witnessed in the French Alps last week when a packed Germanwings jetliner crashed with its copilot at the controls. German prosecutors say the 28-year-old pilot Andreas Lubitz apparently crashed the Airbus A320 intentionally […]

Many questions still remain about Tuesday’s horrifying crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 into the French Alps, but the lead prosecutor handling the investigation said today new information suggests the A320’s copilot locked the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately initiated the fateful descent. Still unclear, however, is what specific information investigators have uncovered to […]

Investigators have begun the painstaking process of trying to determine why an Airbus A320 carrying 144 passengers and six crew members on a scheduled flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf suddenly started descending over the south of France before crashing in the French Alps. The French civil aviation authority confirmed there was no distress call from […]