From a simple flight number to a symbol for deep pain. As we write this news update, there’s a lot we don’t know about the crash, and investigators, as well. As of now, all passengers are feared dead. There were 150 people on board, comprised of 144 passengers and 6 crew members. Germanwings Flight 9525, which was flying from Barcelona to Dsseldorf, crashed in the French Alps Tuesday morning.
French authorities confirmed that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was alone in the cockpit during the rapid descent of flight 4U9525 until it crashed into mountains in southern France four days ago, killing all 150 people on board. (Photo by Getty Images)Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt and the German Aviation Association, which represents German airlines, announced the creation of an expert task force to examine what went wrong in the Germanwings crash.The panel will consider whether changes are needed to cockpit doors or pilot procedures for passing medicals and will discuss “the question of recognising psychological peculiarities,” Mr Dobrindt said.Aviation association chief Klaus-Peter Siegloch said the task force will work “very quickly” but “it is very important that we do not reach overhasty conclusions.”“We have no taboos about what the task force will discuss,” said Mr Siegloch, adding that any conclusions will be shared with international air safety organisations.France’s air accident investigation agency has already said it will examine cockpit entry and psychological screening procedures.SEYNE, FRANCE - MARCH 29: Rescue workers and gendarmerie continue their search operation near the site of the Germanwings plane crash on Main Seyne les Alpes, France. Lubitz is suspected of having deliberately piloted Germanwings flight 4U 9525 into a mountain in southern France on Maand killing all 150 people on board, including himself, in the worst air disaster in Europe in recent history.
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