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Old 29th Mar 2015, 07:59
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unworry
 
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re: why the change in heading
Originally Posted by ana1936
Scenario 2)
There is some planning ahead and Lubitz knows that he will be left alone at about that time, or he brings it about, and he had made calculations. He changes the heading and sets the desired flight level with the aim of ending up somewhere in particular. Maybe his calculations are wrong but maybe he was aiming for that valley and the perpendicular wall at the end. Apparently he knew the area from some visits.
here's the flight plan, originally posted by @HeathrowAirport

(FPL-GWI18G-IS
-A320/M-SDE2E3FIRWXYZ/H
-LEBL0835
-N0426F300 DALIN UN870 DIBER/N0434F340 UN870 SOSUR/N0441F360 UN870 MAXIR UN853 BLONA/N0448F380 UN853 DIK/N0408F270 UN853 ARCKY UT853 IBESA T853 NOR T857 BIKMU BIKMU1G
-EDDL0140 EDDG
-EET/LECB0011 LFFF0100 LIMM0045 LSAS0056 EBUR0126 EDUU0125 EDVV0129 EDGG0132 REG/DAIPX PBN/B3B4C4D4O4 SEL/HLJK OPR/GWI DAT/VM DOF/150324 RVR/075 RMK/ACFT CERTIFIED NOISE STAGE 4 TCAS)

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