Framed cover-up over mechanical failings

[Will E Worm]

Dailymail: Friends of Germanwings crash pilot say he is being framed as part of a Lufthansa cover-up over mechanical failings

as Google Maps blur out his former home to stop people looking it up

Supporters set up Facebook page 'Andreas Lubitz, we are against the hunt'
Claim black box was doctored to make it appear he deliberately crashed jet
His home is muzzed from Google Maps after apparent request by his family


Friends of killer pilot Andreas Lubitz claim he is being framed for murder as part of an elaborate cover-up by his airline company to hide mechanical faults with the plane.

They have set up a Facebook page titled 'Andreas Lubitz A320, we are against the hunt' where they have been sharing their theories about the cause of the Alps disaster.

Some suggest the black box voice recorder had been tampered with by Germanwings parent company, Lufthansa, to make it appear as if Lubitz had deliberately crashed the plane.

Meanwhile, it has emerged that Lubitz's home that he shared with his girlfriend in Dusseldorf has been blurred out on Google Maps in an apparent attempt by family to quell frenetic focus on his life.

Hundreds of its followers are understood to be from the pilot's home of Montabaur in Germany and its surrounding area.

One supporter, who claims to be a former classmate, said: 'I believe in the innocence of Andy!'

They also point out that the second black box data recorder had not yet been recovered from the crash site, which they claim was also proof of a cover-up.

Others also suggested that one of Lubitz's former girlfriends was paid by the media to say that he had once planned to commit a 'heinous act' that would go down in history.

Lufthansa declined to comment.



In a separate development relatives have apparently asked Google to blur out Lubitz's home in Dusseldorf that he shared with girlfriend Kathrin Goldbach from its Maps service.

The move came at some point over the last week since the Alps disaster.

Individuals and governments can ask for Google Maps images to be blurred over privacy concerns.

After concerns from government officials in 2010, the internet giant offered an opt-out policy to Germans in order to 'obey local privacy laws.'

Around 250,000 Germans are believed to have taken up the offer, according to Vocativ.

The flat has been the scene of intense focus since the crash and reported claims that Miss Goldbach, 26, discovered that she was expecting his baby as little as two weeks ago.

The pair, who are said to have had a patchy relationship over the last seven years, were letting the pregnancy news sink in when Lubitz crashed the jet, according to German newspaper Bild.

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The part about the so-called "Nazis" is a copout.

 

[Johan]

Some suggest the black box voice recorder had been tampered with by Germanwings parent company, Lufthansa, to make it appear as if Lubitz had deliberately crashed the plane.

When was it tampered ? Before or after french authorities found it on the crash site and used it to dtermine the circumstances of the crash ?

 

[Will E Worm]

When was it tampered ? Before or after french authorities found it on the crash site and used it to dtermine the circumstances of the crash ?

Not sure.

Has Germanwings been having mechanical problems?

Have they covered this up before, and for how long?

 

[bahodeme]

They can be damaged to the point that no information can be obtained, or sections are missing. But if they are intact, it's the same as your flash drive or hard drive where you can still get the information. If they "omit" some information, other groups will be able to access it be it the manufacturers or other countries.

 

[GodsEmbryo]

Some suggest the black box voice recorder had been tampered with by Germanwings parent company, Lufthansa, to make it appear as if Lubitz had deliberately crashed the plane.

How would someone do that? The cockpit voice recorder does not only record what the crew says but all other sounds like emergency and warning buzzers, clicks of buttons, engine sounds, communication with other plains and ground control and it's also used for the timing of events. If you want to fake it, it has to match the communication with ground control, the timing of what happened when, the data that ground control could gather like altitude, speed, etc. So somewhere between finding this black box and the investigation Germanwings would have been able to gather ALL that data (faster then anyone could) and make a fake that would match AND explain all this data so that it would look like a suicide. Very unlikely.

 

[Jagger69]

They can be damaged to the point that no information can be obtained, or sections are missing. But if they are intact, it's the same as your flash drive or hard drive where you can still get the information. If they "omit" some information, other groups will be able to access it be it the manufacturers or other countries.

How would someone do that? The cockpit voice recorder does not only record what the crew says but all other sounds like emergency and warning buzzers, clicks of buttons, engine sounds, communication with other plains and ground control and it's also used for the timing of events. If you want to fake it, it has to match the communication with ground control, the timing of what happened when, the data that ground control could gather like altitude, speed, etc. So somewhere between finding this black box and the investigation Germanwings would have been able to gather ALL that data (faster then anyone could) and make a fake that would match AND explain all this data so that it would look like a suicide. Very unlikely.

More than unlikely....impossible. There would have to be so many different people from separate segments of the commercial aviation industry to be in on this conspiracy as to be ridiculous. Sounds like Lubitz's friends are in denial. Besides....what exactly was the mechanical failure....a faulty cockpit door lock? No one who has even a semblance of knowledge about the commercial aviation industry would give any credence to this story whatsoever.