Sources: CNN
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada concludes pilot disorientation was the most likely cause of a plane crash that killed former Premier of Alberta Jim Prentice and three others. The TSB asks Transport Canada to mandate cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders on all commercial and private business aircraft. 2018-04-26
French prosecutors say the passengers onboard the Germanwings flight that crashed in southern France have all been identified, and their bodies can be returned home to their families. 2015-05-19
A French investigation finds that Andreas Lubitz, perpetrator copilot of the murder-suicide disaster of Germanwings Flight 9525 had practised rapid descent on a previous flight. 2015-05-6
According to an interview with Germany's "Bild" newspaper, the former girlfriend of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was told by him that "One day I'm going to do something that will change the whole system, and everyone will know my name and remember." 2015-03-28
A mourning religious service is held at Digne-les-Bains in the French Alps near the site of the downed passenger jet. 2015-03-28
Investigators, searching one of the two residences of the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, find a torn doctor's note granting Lubitz medical leave—deeming him unfit for work—for a period including the day of the crash. 2015-03-27
In imitation of current U.S. policy, Lufthansa, together with other German airlines announce plans to mandate that two people (either two pilots or a pilot and a flight attendant) must be inside the cockpit at all times. 2015-03-27
An audio recording indicates that a pilot was locked out of the cockpit at the time of the crash and was unable to reenter. 2015-03-25
A search and recovery operation resumes for the remains of the Germanwings flight that crashed into the French Alps on March 24. 2015-03-25
The Memory Unit of the Flight Data Recorder from Air France 447 is recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, nearly two years after the jet crashed. 2011-05-1