
Germany: Press and police swarm Germanwings co-pilot's hometown
Reporters and police surrounded the residence of Andreas Lubitz's parents in Montabaur, West Germany, Thursday. The Germanwings co-pilot who is suspected of flying himself and 149 people to their deaths on Tuesday. German authorities also searched Lubitz's own apartment in Dusseldorf-Unterbach 100 kilometres (62 miles) away.
Senior prosecutor Ralf Herrenbruck from Dusseldorf declared in a press statement that the investigations were being executed to find more details about a possible motive for the intentional descent in which Lubitz is suspected of committing suicide and killing those aboard the plane.
After evaluating the Airbus A320 voice recorder, investigators concluded that Lubitz locked the flight's captain out of the cockpit to then start the fatal descent into the French Alps.
Germanwings flight 4U9525 crashed en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf with 144 passengers and six crew members on board on Tuesday. It is believed that there are no survivors.

Reporters and police surrounded the residence of Andreas Lubitz's parents in Montabaur, West Germany, Thursday. The Germanwings co-pilot who is suspected of flying himself and 149 people to their deaths on Tuesday. German authorities also searched Lubitz's own apartment in Dusseldorf-Unterbach 100 kilometres (62 miles) away.
Senior prosecutor Ralf Herrenbruck from Dusseldorf declared in a press statement that the investigations were being executed to find more details about a possible motive for the intentional descent in which Lubitz is suspected of committing suicide and killing those aboard the plane.
After evaluating the Airbus A320 voice recorder, investigators concluded that Lubitz locked the flight's captain out of the cockpit to then start the fatal descent into the French Alps.
Germanwings flight 4U9525 crashed en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf with 144 passengers and six crew members on board on Tuesday. It is believed that there are no survivors.