http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/26/europe/france-germanwings-plane-crash-main/
Flying. Something no human can do on its own but with technology can now soar through the skies like many dreamers once wished they could. That is, until it turns deadly such as is the case with Germanwings flight 9525 which crashed in the alps last month. First considered a terrible accident and tragedy it is now being considered a suicide/mass homicide due to the plane's transponder showing data that the copilot reprogrammed the autopilot to crash. Those who knew the copilot, Andreas Lubitz, say that it is completely unexpected due to his complete act of normalcy.
We cannot forget the fact that one of the gunmen at the Bardo museum in Tunisia had even just had coffee with his family the morning of the attack. Sometimes those we would never expect to do anything are actually the culprits. In the end nothing can be changed about flight 9525, those 150 people are already gone, but the flight club Lubitz was employed at is now looking into checking the psychological wellness of its employees after rather than just during the acceptance testing.
We must hope this causes a domino effect of flight clubs and airlines to check on their pilots and copilots so that maybe next time this tragedy can be averted before it comes into action.
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