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Andreas Lubitz knew perfectly the area where he directed the aircraft. When he was younger, his family and him came in this area ( Massif des trois Evêchés) and la Seyne-les-Alpes. This region seems very well appreciated by the glider pilots because of its well-renowned air streams. AL had already flown in this area and since he was 15. A lot of German glider pilots frequently come in this area. AL was member of a glider aero club and was still qualified to fly them. Its family and himself were known by local people in the region
Killer co-pilot was 'passionate and obsessed' with the Alps: Andreas Lubitz used to fly gliders over the mountains and knew the area very well | Daily Mail Online
What a load of Rubbish ! how would he know the Captain would decide at that point to go off to the toilets. What if 15 minutes later? would he have turned around and headed back?
This was an autopilot descent which happened to impact at that point with the set descent profile on an almost straight line.
Had the Captain decided to vacate the flight deck 15 minutes later it would have impacted that extra distance further on on whatever descent profile he added and into whatever country area / city happened to be in the way
Of all the nonsense being spouted about this event, this has to rank high.
Pace is absolutely right. The pilot in command left his seat when his bladder informed him of the need so to do. He did not leave his seat at precisely the right moment to allow his fellow pilot to set a descent profile to crash somewhere which he knew well.
What is the interest in propogating the bollocks that the Mail comes up with?