Germanwings Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz Looked up Suicide Methods, Cockpit Doors Before Crash

Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot accused by investigators of crashing Germanwings Flight 9525, researched suicide methods and how the plane’s cockpit doors work.

Andreas Lubitz competes at the Airportrun in Hamburg, northern Germany. AP/Michael Mueller

Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot accused by investigators of crashing Germanwings Flight 9525, researched suicide methods and how the plane’s cockpit doors work just days before the incident.

Investigators analyzed a tablet computer used by Lubitz, and it shows he looked up suicide methods on the Internet before the crash last week in the French Alps, said the prosecutor’s office in Dusseldorf, Germany, according to Der Spiegel.

He also researched information on cockpit doors, spokesman Christoph Kumpa said, adding that the 27-year-old used the tablet from March 16 to March 23.

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