The pilot left the cockpit at 10.30am, probably to go to the bathroom. His co-pilot Andreas Lubitz then locked him out, and set the altitude meter to 100ft, its lowest possible level. For 10 minutes Lubitz flew the plane alone, while other crew members banged frantically on the cockpit door. Finally he crashed into a French mountain, killing all 150 people on Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Düsseldorf. We now know that Lubitz had done web searches for suicide, and for security of cockpit doors. Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, had twice refused to renew his medical certificate due to depression.
在德国之翼(Germanwings)从巴塞罗那飞往杜塞尔多夫的4U9525航班上，机长上午10：30离开驾驶舱——可能要去洗手间。副驾驶安德烈亚斯•卢比茨(Andreas Lubitz)随后把他锁在门外，并将飞行高度仪设为最低限——100英尺。随后的10分钟，卢比茨一人操纵飞机，而其他机组人员在外面疯狂地砸着驾驶舱门。最终，卢比茨驾驶飞机撞毁在法国一处山区，机上150人全部遇难。我们现在得知，卢比茨曾在网上搜索自杀方法以及飞机驾驶舱门的安全性。德国之翼的母公司汉莎航空(Lufthansa)曾两次因为他的抑郁症拒绝更新他的医学证明。