4U 9525
24 Mar 2015 · Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate ActsGERMANWINGS FLIGHT 9525
Airbus A320 · Germanwings · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
First officer locked out the captain and crashed deliberately
Cockpit door lock (post-9/11 design)
Pilot mental health screening
Aircraft
Airbus A320
Germanwings
Route
Barcelona (BCN), Spain
→ Düsseldorf (DUS), Germany
People
150 on board
150 fatalities
Date
24 Mar 2015
Flight crew
Captain: Patrick Sondenheimer
First Officer: Andreas Lubitz
Category
Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate Acts
Bombs, hijackers, shootdowns, murder in the cockpit.
THE STORY
The first officer locked the captain out and flew the A320 into the French Alps. Aviation rewrote its two-in-cockpit and mental-health rules overnight.