S'pore carriers change cockpit rules after Germanwings crash

Singapore

LOCAL carriers have made changes to their cockpit procedures to ensure that at least two persons are in the cockpit at all times, following the crash of Germanwings flight 4U9525 last week.

Reports out of Europe allege that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who is said to have suffered from depression, deliberately crashed the plane into a mountain, killing all 150 onboard. The cockpit recordings have also revealed that the flight's captain, Patrick Sonderheimer, was locked out of the cockpit by Lubitz, who ignored his pleas to be let back in.