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Photo: Sebastien Mortier / CC BY-SA 2.0
24 March 2015

Germanwings Flight 9525

The A320 flown into the French Alps

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On 24 March 2015 Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320 flying from Barcelona to Düsseldorf, descended from its cruising height and flew into a mountainside in the French Alps after the co-pilot locked the captain out of the cockpit. The French investigators, the BEA, found that he did it deliberately, and all 150 people on board were killed.
3 video perspectives
- Germanwings Flight 9525: Marseille Control Watches It Descend
  
  This three-minute Smithsonian Channel clip follows Germanwings Flight 9525 on 24 March 2015 from its takeoff in Barcelona to the moment it dropped off radar over the French Alps.
  
  Published 2 Feb 2018
- Germanwings Flight 9525: The Locked Cockpit and the BEA Findings
  
  This short Fascinating Horror documentary explains Germanwings Flight 9525, which crashed in the French Alps on 24 March 2015 after the co-pilot locked the captain out of the cockpit and put the…
  
  Published 11 May 2020
- Germanwings Flight 9525: Mayday on the Cockpit Recorder Evidence
  
  This Mayday episode follows the BEA's investigation into Germanwings Flight 9525, the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps on 24 March 2015.
  
  Published 21 Jun 2023