Prosecutors: Lubitz probed suicide methods, cockpit security
By Associated Press
Apr 2, 2015 9:11 AM CDT
Prosecutors: Lubitz probed suicide methods, cockpit security
Roland Wolff, German Investigator in Chief of Dusseldorf, answers questions from agency TV reporters, in Digne les Bains, French Alps, France, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. The heads of Lufthansa and its low-cost airline Germanwings are visiting the site of the crash that killed 150 people amid mounting...   (Associated Press)

BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 appears to have researched suicide methods and cockpit door security in the days before the plane crashed last week.

Duesseldorf prosecutors said Thursday investigators found a tablet computer at Andreas Lubitz's apartment. They said they were able to reconstruct searches from March 16 to March 23.

Investigators believe the 27-year-old Lubitz locked his captain out of the A320's cockpit on March 24 and deliberately crashed the plane. All 150 on board died.

Prosecutors' spokesman Ralf Herrenbrueck said in a statement that search terms included medical treatment and suicide methods. On at least one day, the co-pilot looked at search terms involving cockpit doors and their security methods.

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