article_snippet: There were 150 people on board Germanwings Flight 9525, including Lubitz.
article_snippet: Another Germanwings pilot who once flew with Lubitz, Frank Woiton, told WDR, a local broadcaster belonging to CNN's German affiliate ARD, that his impression of Lubitz was that his was "friendly" and that there was "nothing suspicious.
article_snippet: Woiton also said Lubitz "was a good pilot and had a good command of the plane.
article_snippet: Woiton's first job after his found out about the crash was the route Dusseldorf-Barcelona-Dusseldorf -- the same route as had been taken by Germanwings Flight 9525 a day earlier.
article_snippet: his was praised in German media for the emotional announcement his made to passengers before takeoff, in which his said the crew, like everyone else on the plane, wanted to get home safely to the crew, like everyone else on the plane families.
article_snippet: What could have prompted Lubitz to deliberately destroy the aircraft, killing everyone on board, remains the focus of investigators in Germany.
article_snippet: Who was co-pilot Andreas Lubitz?
article_snippet: Lubitz was the co-pilot on Tuesday's flight between Barcelona, Spain, and Dusseldorf
article_snippet: when Lubitz apparently locked the captain out of the cockpit, then activated a control causing the plane to descend toward rugged terrain.
article_snippet: Germanwings said the plane dropped for about eight minutes from the plane cruising altitude of 38,000 feet before crashing.
article_snippet: The only sounds, authorities said, were those of pounding on the cockpit door, Lubitz's steady breathing and, eventually, screaming passengers.
article_snippet: Lubitz and 149 other people on board the plane died in an instant, authorities say.