Probe over ‘relative’ of Germanwings’ victim claiming free flight
Police are investigating whether a woman claimed to be related to a victim of last month’s Germanwings air disaster – so she could get free flights to southern France.
Special flights were organised by the airline’s parent company Lufthansa for victims’ families after the plane crashed into the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board.
Local newspaper Halterner Zeitung has said the passenger flew to the region twice, falsely claiming to be one of the deceased teacher’s cousins.
Police are investigating the possible fraud and Lufthansa has said it is looking into what appears to be a ‘regrettable isolated case’, reports the Daily Mail.
The co-pilot, 27 year-old Andreas Lubitz, changed the aircraft’s altitude to just 100 feet using the autopilot while the flight was en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf.
Investigators have found that Lubitz researched methods of killing himself and the cockpit door locking mechanism on his computer.
Diane
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