Accidents
Pilot Unions Protest Germanwings Investigation Leaks
Pilot unions are unhappy that French prosecutors quickly pressed criminal charges after cockpit voice recorder contents were leaked to the media.

French pilot union Syndicat National des Pilotes today complained about what it calls a “violation of professional secrecy” over the allegedly unauthorized leaking of the contents of cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recovered from the wreckage of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps on March 24. Late on March 26, the European Cockpit Association (ECA), questioned the decision of French prosecutors to publicly accused Germanwings copilot Andreas Lubitz of deliberately crashing the aircraft within hours of an unidentified French military official telling The New York Times that the A320’s captain had been locked out of the cockpit.