experts. joining us richard quest, aviation analyst, miles o brien, also a private pilot, and the former ntsb managing director, peter goelz. now that we know lubitz essentially practiced this so-called controlled descent during the flight before crashing germanwings flight 9525 this shows presumably he had a specific plan in mind. it shows he certainly intended to do it. but what we don t really know and i asked the head of the b.e.a. what he made of that the french investigative authority. i said what did he make of this rehearsal of this tryout? and he said we don t really know what it was about. was he i ll give you a possible scenario, wolf. was he actually attempting to commit the suicide run when he did that on the previous flight and then he just decided against it?
anybody noticing? it would seem like something that air traffic control or someone would pick up on. a few reasons. we know the plane was already on its descent to spain. and, yes the co-pilot changed the altitude settings. but the plane won t change course until a pilot either pushes or pulls a knob. in this case the plane did not leave its flight path. and that s likely why no one noticed. tonight new details in a preliminary report from french investigators suggest not only was the crash of germanwings flight 9525 intentional, but it was premeditated. french investigators say 27-year-old andreas lubitz practiced his deadly descent of a jetliner the same day he steered germanwings flight 9525 into the french alps. just before that deadly flight lubitz and the same captain piloted the plane from dusseldorf to barcelona. the flight data recorder shows lubitz briefly set the plane s
an attempted terrorist attack was foiled. we have individuals who never have been part of a group, but just because of the ideology i will get a vested weapon of attack. i will fight for comprehensive immigration reform and a path to citizenship. she has been in politics all her life and a lot of people are tired of that. welcome to your new day, and it s 8:00 in the east and a major development on the crash of 9525. a co-pilot that crashed the flight into the alps took his previous flights hours earlier for a dry run a. rehearsal according to a preliminary report from french investigators. it finds the co-pilot reset the auto pilot to 100 feet five times. and with all the breaking
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of technology that would allow commercial airlines to fly without a pilot. renee is looking into this story. it s pretty amazing. it is. aircraft already fly without pilots in war zones. the world has yet to see commercial planes without passengers on board following the crashes including germanwings where pilots were to blame. some are asking whether no pilot on board is safer option. reporter: the military has used planes without pilots for decades and watch as this commercial airline pilot takes it in for landing. his hands on his lap as the plane lands itself using auto pilot. reporter: after tragedies like germanwings 9525 where pilots were blamed for the crashes, some are asking if