Germanwings A320 crashes in France

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Here are some interesting photos and data about the mass murderer Andreas Lubitz:

http://heavy.com/news/2015/03/andreas-lubitz-copilot-germanwings-flight-4u9525-plane-crash-french-alps/

http://heavy.com/news/2015/03/andreas-lubitz-pictures-photos-facebook-twitter-instagram/1/

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I don't know what kind of website heavy.com is, but it seems to curry favor with conspiracy theorists:

http://heavy.com/social/2015/03/germanwings-4u9525-plane-crash-conspiracy-theories-terrorism-blackbox-copilot/

Under point 3, they say that Yvonne Selke, who worked with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, was the actual target.
Here's the associated video for that theory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTr1LJ0wfNs

I think those people are plainly disgustingly disgusting.

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Here is his own FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/andreas.lubitz.3

It was deactivated for a short time, but now it has been reactivated.

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The co-pilot's friends told Der Spiegel he battled depression in 2009 and took a 6-month leave from training. While he passed all physical and psych tests, German law prohibits Lufthansa from obtaining his previous medical history.

Lubitz's former classmates told reporters in Germany that the 28-year-old temporarily left pilot training due to "burnout-syndrom" [sic], ...

Why is the adverb "sic" used in that sentence? I know what it means, but I don't understand the usage here.

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Solarstorm why the hell have you changed your username to the flight number and put a pic of the death count in your sig jesus christ

I'm sure the families of the victims will appreciate his gesture....

What is the ellipsis at the end indicating?

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Lubitz sought treatment for vision problems that may have jeopardized his ability to continue working as a pilot, two officials with knowledge of the investigation said Saturday.

He and his family went on some excursions to that Alpine region with the Montabaur glider club between 1996 and 2003, the operator of the Sisteron airfield confirmed.

Meanwhile, according to Sunday paper Bild am Sonntag a DNA analysis proved that dead body remains of his have been found.

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The transcript about the last minutes of flight 4u9525 have been leaked:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkpUAIa-_EM

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Turns out he wasn't even supposed to be on that plane. A psychiatrist had put him on medical leave. But the co-pilot ignored it and - obviously - didn't inform his airline about it either.

This has been proved wrong. Lubitz informed Lufthansa about his depressions - in 2009 during his years as a trainee pilot!!

https://youtu.be/ACd2qd1YXgI

In this video you also can see him flying a glider as a teenager in 2007.

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Update: The flight data recorder was found three days ago. The analyses reveal that Andreas Lubitz accelerated the plane several times before it crashed into the Alps.

Before his pilot training, Lubitz was under medical treatment due to mental issues and acute danger of suicide. He acquainted Lufthansa Flight Training's Pilot School in Bremen of a resolved depressive episode - he even had to break off his apprenticeship for some months - but the civil aviation authority had never been informed about his mental problems, as he owned a valid medical certificate.

Furthermore, German Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière, has brought up an identity card requirement for flights within the entire Schengen area for discussion, as the identification of the victims of 4U9525 turn out to be quite laborious.