A European Union task force on Friday recommended pre-employment psychological evaluations and random drug and alcohol testing for pilots to prevent a repeat of the Germanwings disaster
Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot accused by investigators of crashing Germanwings Flight 9525, researched suicide methods and how the plane’s cockpit doors work.
It has been revealed the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps this week was caused by the plane’s co-pilot--a scenario that wouldn’t happen in the U.S.
The Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps was an Airbus A320, the same as the AirAsia plane that crashed in late December--albeit a different variation.