Germanwings co-pilot described in home town as 'normal guy'


  • World
  • Thursday, 26 Mar 2015

MONTABAUR, Germany (Reuters) - Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings co-pilot who prosecutors say may have deliberately crashed a plane into the Alps on Tuesday killing 150 people, was described by acquaintances in his hometown of Montabaur as a "normal guy" and "nice young man".

"He was a completely normal guy," Klaus Radke, the head of the local flight club where Lubitz received his first flying licence years ago. He returned in the fall for a refresher course with Radke.

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