Germanwings Flight 9525
deliberate crash of an Airbus A320 in the French Alps on March 24, 2015 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Germanwings Flight 9525 (4U9525/GWI9525)[lower-alpha 1] was a scheduled international passenger flight flying from Barcelona, Spain to Düsseldorf, Germany, operated by the Lufthansa-owned low-cost airline Germanwings.
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Accident | |
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Date | 24 March 2015 (2015-03-24) |
Summary | Deliberate act caused by the co-pilot |
Site | Prads-Haute-Bléone, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France 44.280083°N 6.438750°E / 44.280083; 6.438750 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Airbus A320-200 |
Operator | Germanwings |
Registration | D-AIPX |
Flight origin | Barcelona–El Prat Airport, Spain |
Destination | Düsseldorf Airport, Germany |
Passengers | 144[1] |
Crew | 6[1][2] |
Fatalities | 150 [3] |
Survivors | 0 |
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On 24 March 2015, the Airbus A320-200 jetliner crashed around 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Nice, in the French Alps, killing all 144 passengers and 6 crew member.
This crash was a murder-suicide planned and acted out by 27-year old co-pilot Andreas Lubitz.