SCAPEGOAT: Is Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz being ‘Framed’ for French Alps Crash?

Shawn Helton
21st Century Wire

As the mainstream media continues to spin sensational theories regarding the latest high-flying tragedy involving Germanwings flight 9525 – we must be very careful not to fall prey to over the top propaganda…

IMAGE: ‘Dark Skies’ – Investigators sort through the wreckage of Germanwings Flight 9525, in the rough terrain of the French Alps. Why are there no large sections of  the fuselage seen in the debris? (Photo link mirror.co.uk)

The Art of Deception

The crash of Germanwings flight 9525, is the latest in series of recent aviation disasters, causing many to speculate what might have occurred on the Dusseldorf  bound flight. Following the crash, mainstream news agencies systematically engaged in what can only be described as a ‘character assassination’ of Andreas Lubitz, the German-born co-pilot and First Officer of Germanwings flight 9525. Lubitz has been charged with deliberately crashing the Lufthansa owned aircraft - prior to a full forensic investigation being completed.

After a sensationalized build-up over the apparent mental status of co-pilot Lubitz, authorities now state, that in the days leading up to the airline disaster, he had been searching “suicide methods” and “cockpit security” exactly one day prior to the Germanwings flight 9525 crash on his personal computer.

In fact, mainstream media airwaves have been inundated with theories about Lubitz, the man alleged to have committed a mass murder-suicide via the Germanwings A320 Airbus. 

What is most disconcerting however, are the disparaging talking points describing Lubitz, many of which  have included blanket statements condemning him as a killer, without any hard evidence. Perhaps the most transparent attack on the character of Lubitz, was the concern over his religious and political beliefs, as well-known media talking heads were eager to attach the word ‘terror’ to the incident – revealing an all to familiar brand of politics.

Additional reports have cited that due to an apparent deteriorating eye-condition, Lubitz was despondent about his future as a pilot, prompting media to carelessly wave this detail as a motive in the mass deaths of 150 passengers and crew. 

Even with all of the media hype and hyperbole regarding Lubitz, there is no definitive evidence proving he deliberately crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 into the French Alps.

The public should question why media outlets and investigators have solely focused on Lubitz, when there are many forensic factors to consider concerning the Germanwings disaster. Early reports have stated that the French military had deployed a fighter jet when the Germanwings plane allegedly was obscured from radar. However, as I noted in the days just after the MH370 apparent vanishing, it would have been improbable that Germanwings flight 9525 would not have been seen on radar as it was descending, as a ‘skin paint’ radar system would have detected the whereabouts of the commercial airliner.

IMAGE: Damaged Goods-  Germanwings flight 9525′s cockpit voice recorder. (Photo link theguardian.com)

There have been questions surrounding the flight’s black box recorder, as well as other critical details associated with the crash, such as investigators obtaining “150 DNA profiles” of the plane’s victims, just one week after the crash, as stormy weather approached the French Alps. Additionally, initial reports stated that French prosecutor Brice Robin, explained that there was “absolute silence inside the cockpit,” and “Nothing, no word during the last 10 minutes.” at a press conference on March 26th.  

In a Wall Street Journal news release also on March 26th, it was revealed that authorities had already been able to listen to the first black box recorder found at the scene:

“Investigators succeeded in extracting usable data, including sounds and voices from the damaged black box, Rémi Jouty, director of France’s aviation accident investigation office told a news conference Wednesday in Le Bourget, outside Paris.”

Bizarrely, both Germany’s Das Bild newspaper and French Paris Match magazine claimed to have viewed video footage obtained from a phone memory card ‘miraculously’ found among the charred and shattered debris at the Germanwings crash site. However, Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Marc Menichini, a French Gendarmerie in charge of the communications at the crash site, told reporters the video was a hoax.

News of the false video footage preceded information that the flight recorder revealed that the plane sped up upon descent, something of which might not be out of the ordinary if you factor in weather conditions, altitude and depressurization – but news outlets have erroneously viewed this as confirmation of the Lubitz suicide theory.

You have to wonder how authorities pieced the Germanwings crash scene together so quickly.

Additionally, is it possible the plane suffered some kind of mechanical failure that investigators have yet to determine or have overlooked?

Reported state that the Germanwings Airbus was quite an old model, even though it passed its recent inspection, as the Wall Street Journal noted here on March 25th:

“Airbus said the plane was delivered in 1991 to Lufthansa and had logged around 58,300 flight hours in some 46,700 flights.”


IMAGE: ‘Wild Tales’ - Andreas Lubitz, the German-born co-pilot and First Officer of Germanwings flight 9525.(Photo link ibtimes.com)

‘Uninterruptible’ Flight Control

It’s important to once again mention 21WIRE’s lengthy investigation into the history of avionics, following the ‘questionable’ vanishing of Malaysian flight MH370 and the downing of MH17.

After extensively examining both the unprecedented disappearance of MH370 and the subsequent downing of MH17, certain details came to light regarding the history of the remote autopilot function installed within Boeing commercial airliners.

The Boeing 777 along with other Boeing models, can in fact be flown remotely through the use of independent embedded software and satellite communication. Once this advanced system is engaged, it can disallow any pilot or potential hijacker from controlling a plane, as the rooted setup uses digital signals that communicate with air traffic control, satellite links, as well as other government entities for the remainder of a flight’s journey. 

This technology is known as the Boeing Honeywell ‘Uninterruptible’ Autopilot System, also refered to as BHUAP or BUAP.

IMAGE: The United States patent for the Boeing Honeywell Uninterruptible Autopilot dated November, 28th 2006 (Photo flightglobal.com). 

On December 4th of 2006, it was announced that Boeing had won a patent on an uninterruptible autopilot system for use in commercial aircraft. This was the first public acknowledgment by Boeing about the existence of such an autopilot system. 

The new autopilot patent was reported by John Croft for Flight Global, with the news piece subsequently linked by a Homeland Security News Wire and other British publications around the same time. According to the DHS news release, it was disclosed that “dedicated electrical circuits” within an onboard flight system could control a plane without the need of pilots, stating that the advanced avionics would fly the aircraft remotely, independently of those operating the plane:

“The “uninterruptible” autopilot would be activated – either by pilots, by onboard sensors, or even remotely via radio or satellite links by government agencies like the Central Intelligence Agency, if terrorists attempt to gain control of a flight deck.”

The Flight Global news wire goes on to report that the uninterruptible autopilot system was designed for increased security in the event of a manual hijacking situation, as Boeing itself describes the feature as a preventative measure, keeping unauthorized persons out of a cockpit, setting the stage for an industry wide safety protocol:

“There is a need in the industry for a technique that conclusively prevents unauthorised persons for gaining access to the controls of the vehicle and therefore threatening the safety of the passengers onboard the vehicle, and/or other people in the path of travel of the vehicle, thereby decreasing the amount of destruction individuals onboard the vehicle would be capable of causing.”

Additionally, in the article entitled, “Diagrams: Boeing patents anti-terrorism auto-land system for hijacked airliners,” Croft outlines the clandestine oversight that governments have with respect to the uninterruptible autopilot, making note of the auto-land function of the system and stating that the technology has its own power supply self-sufficient of any electrical systems on the plane:

“To make it fully independent, the system has its own power supply, independent of the aircraft’s circuit breakers. The aircraft remains in automatic mode until after landing, when mechanics or government security operatives are called in to disengage the system.”

Although the information regarding the remote capabilities concerning Boeing were released in the 2006 DHS newswire, it wasn’t until retired military and commercial pilot, Field McConnell, launched a lawsuit against the FAA, NTSB and ALPA in February of 2007, did those specific modifications get pushed out into the open. According to McConnell’s documents, Boeing is said to have stated that by end of 2009 all Boeing planes would be fitted with the BUAP - making them impossible to manually hijack within the plane but susceptible to remote control by the military, according the flight veteran. 

According to McConell, every airliner should now be classified as a ‘latent’ drone. Additionally, he has stated that due to flight aviation regulations pilots have ‘unknowingly’ assumed legal responsibility for airliners outfitted with the BUAP system.

It’s important to remember that following the disappearance of MH370, media outlets and authorities were quick to place blame on the plane’s captain, Zaharie Shah, seemingly crafting a “suicide smear campaign” as described by the pilot’s family, while also manufacturing a terror narrative that was later abandoned. The mainstream media ignored much of the initial critical information that was revealed concerning the communication of the plane and its whereabouts in favor of a weak and unsubstantiated motive.

Perhaps the key element to keep in mind regarding the BUAP system - is that at any point during a flight, the plane’s controls can be seized remotely, subsequently overriding manual control.

As the narrative had already spun out of control regarding Germanwings pilot Lubitz following the crash, a Daily Mail article entitled,“Why can’t airlines seize control of doomed jets from the ground?”, emerged, revealing the largest mainstream media roll out, regarding the BUAP fly-by-wire technology. The article was released within 24 hours of the disaster, as if it had been ready to go for sometime. Here’s an excerpt that echoes Croft’s article from 2006:

“Manufacturers in Europe and America have worked on ways of creating a ‘hijack-proof’ aircraft. In 2006, Boeing was awarded a US patent for an ‘uninterruptible’ autopilot system.”

“This would allow pilots, ground controllers or security agencies such as the CIA to activate an automatic flight mode that cannot be turned off by anyone on board.”

“The system could also switch itself on if terrorists tried to fight their way into the cockpit, with pressure sensors on the door responding to excessive force.”

The Daily Mail piece could be seen as a way to ease questions concerning the BUAP system, while simultaneously priming the public for automated commercial airliners in the future. 

The existence of this technology can no longer be denied, along with other anti-hijack patents that have long been established in the field of aviation.

Here’s another listen to 21WIRE founder Patrick Henningsen and Field McConnell discussing the latest Germanwings disaster…

SEE MORE FLY BY WIRE TECHNOLOGY NEWS AT: 
Boeing’s ‘Uninterruptible Autopilot System’, Drones & Remote Hijacking

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