In the second half of May 2025, reports were published that gave us and many others pause for thought.
“Nobody could enter the cockpit: Lufthansa flight without pilot for minutes
- A 38-year-old first officer lost consciousness in the aircraft while he was alone in the cockpit.
- The incident occurred on a Lufthansa flight in early 2024 while the captain was in the restroom.
- According to a report, the flight was without a pilot for about ten minutes.”
https://www.businessinsider.de/leben/niemand-cockpit-lufthansa-flug-minutenlang-ohne-pilot/
“This shouldn’t have happened a second time!
A Lufthansa jet flies without a pilot because the co-pilot is unconscious, and the captain is locked out. The Group had made this impossible after the Germanwings disaster – until CEO Spohr changed the rule.”
https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/lufthansa-das-haette-nicht-nochmal-passieren-duerfen/100129346.html
“Incident: Lufthansa A321 near Madrid on Feb 17th 2024, first officer incapacitated while alone on flight deck”
https://avherald.com/h?article=51511d9e
This incident took place on 17 February 2024, over a year and three months ago. The official investigation was only recently completed. On 15 May 2025, the Spanish Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission, CIAIAC, published its final report.
https://www.transportes.gob.es/recursos_mfom/comodin/recursos/in-001-2024_final-report_nm.pdf
The Spanish CIAIAC took its time to conduct a proper and thorough investigation. There were witnesses who were able to make statements about what happened on board, so the investigation could have been completed more quickly. However, the findings of the investigation were only made public after the official investigation had been completed.
It is therefore legitimate to reflect on why the cause of the crash of Germanwings flight 9525 was determined after just 48 hours, without any witness statements, as no one on board who could have said anything about it survived, and without careful analysis of the two flight data recorders. According to the official investigation reports, there was also no questioning of the technicians who serviced the aircraft on the day before the crash. (Note: The aircraft’s certificate of airworthiness expired on 23 March 2015 and was renewed on the same day). The official investigation files do not show that wreckage from the aircraft was examined, as the aircraft had a newly issued, valid certificate of airworthiness, which was apparently sufficient proof that the aircraft was technically in order.
As we have learned from letters from flight attendants who flew on this aircraft, there were repeated technical problems with the aircraft, which meant that scheduled flights and rotations could not take place.
Our son’s state of health was examined meticulously down to the smallest detail, and every little note against him was used, even if it did not originate from the current year. Careful investigations in all directions look different. The incident makes it clear that it is entirely possible for the pilot remaining in the cockpit to lose consciousness after the other pilot has left the cockpit, despite having a valid medical certificate. What would have happened if the other pilot had not been able to access the cockpit?
Doubts about the official cause of the crash of Germanwings flight 9525 will remain, as confirmed by the many letters we have received, more of them, despite all those who close their eyes to the facts and like to denounce everyone with a different opinion than their own as conspiracy theorists.
L. U.
further posts: