article_snippet: Killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was 'passionate and obsessed' with the French Alps Alps and used to enjoy regular holidays with Killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz family just miles from the Germanwings crash site, it has emerged.
article_snippet: The 27-year-old, who deliberately downed Flight 4U9525 killing all 150 people on board, dreamed of becoming a pilot from a young age and frequented a gliding club just 30 miles from the crash site with Killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz as a child.
article_snippet: Francis Kefer, a member of a flying club in Sisteron, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence where the Airbus A320 crashed, said that Killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz and his family regularly visited the region between 1996 and 2003.
article_snippet: Killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz also took part in flights over the province as a teenager, before later completing a gliding course in the area, which Killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was said to be 'well-acquainted' with.
article_snippet: Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (above) had an obsession with the French Alps and used to fly gliders over the mountainside where Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (above) brought down a Germanwings flight, killing all 150 crew and passengers on board .
article_snippet: Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (above) regularly visited the French Alps Alps with Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (above) as a youngster and as Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (above) grew older Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (above) took training courses during which Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (above) learnt to fly gliders over the mountainside where Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (above) brought down the Airbus A320 .
article_snippet: Dieter Wagner, a member of Luftsportclub Westerwald – the gliding association where Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (above) first learnt to fly aged 14 – said: ‘Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (above) was passionate about the Alps, even obsessed with them.
article_snippet: Lubitz first sat in the cockpit of a light aircraft at the age of 14 and, after a couple of years of instruction under dual controls, was able to fly on Lubitz own.
article_snippet: After obtaining One friend pilot's licence, Lubitz regularly returned to the region and, according to local glider pilots, overflew the major turning points in the region, flying from one peak to another.
article_snippet: Lubitz eventually went on to become a co-pilot for Germanwings in 2013
article_snippet: News of Lubitz obsession with the French Alps comes amid claims from German newspaper The Rheinische Post that Lubitz may have crashed the plane due to fears
article_snippet: Lubitz, a keen runner, had built The pilot whole life around becoming a pilot and even posted pictures of planes all over Lubitz bedroom walls as a child.
article_snippet: Dieter Wagner, 70 (pictured), a member of Luftsportclub Westerwald – the gliding association where Lubitz first learnt to fly aged 14 – described The pilot as 'passionate about the Alps, even obsessed with them'
article_snippet: Lubitz flew over the province in the southern French Alps where downed the passenger jet as a teenager and later completed gliding lessons over the area.
article_snippet: A member of the flying club which Lubitz started lessons with as a teenager said One acquaintance was 'well-acquainted' with the French Alps and regularly flew over the area where One acquaintance brought down the passenger plane on Tuesday .
highlights_snippet: Andreas Lubitz said to be 'passionate and obsessed' with the French Alps .
  
highlights_snippet: Co-pilot well-acquainted with area where Andreas Lubitz brought down passenger plane .
  