Germanwings Flight 9525
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D-AIPX, the aircraft involved, in May 2014
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| Incident summary | |
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| Date | 24 March 2015 |
| Summary | Deliberate crash: Suicide by co-pilot |
| Site |
Prads-Haute-Bléone, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France 44°16′50″N 6°26′20″E / 44.280682°N 6.438823°ECoordinates: 44°16′50″N 6°26′20″E / 44.280682°N 6.438823°E |
| Passengers | 144 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 150 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A320-211 |
| Operator | Germanwings |
| Registration | D-AIPX |
| Flight origin | Barcelona–El Prat Airport, Barcelona, Spain |
| Destination | Düsseldorf Airport, Düsseldorf, Germany |
Germanwings Flight 9525 (4U9525/GWI18G) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Barcelona–El Prat Airport in Spain to Düsseldorf Airport in Germany. The flight was operated by Germanwings, a low-cost carrier owned by the German airline Lufthansa. On 24 March 2015, the aircraft, an Airbus A320-211, crashed 100 kilometres (62 mi) north-west of Nice in the French Alps after a constant descent that began one minute after the last routine contact with air traffic control and shortly after it had reached its assigned cruising altitude. All 144 passengers and six crew members were killed. It was Germanwings' first fatal crash in the 18-year history of the company.
The crash was deliberately caused by the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, who had previously been treated for suicidal tendencies and declared "unfit to work" by a doctor. Lubitz kept this information from his employer and reported for duty. During the flight, he locked the captain out of the cockpit before initiating a descent that caused the aircraft to crash into a mountain.
In response to the incident and the circumstances of Lubitz's involvement, aviation authorities in some countries implemented new regulations that require the presence of two authorized personnel in the cockpit at all times. Three days after the incident, the European Aviation Safety Agency issued a temporary recommendation for airlines to ensure that at least two crew members—including at least one pilot—were in the cockpit during the entire duration of the flight. Several airlines announced that they had already adopted similar policies voluntarily.
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