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Young co-pilot of Germanwings, Andreas Lubitz, was the caused of the plane crash on March 24th. Lubitz has been accused by French prosecutors of intentionally flying an Airbus 320 into the French Alps, with 150 people on board.
Investigators believe that the co-pilot locked the captain out of the cockpit and then crashed the plane. My thought on this is why doesn't Germany have the same laws as us when it comes to the pilot or co-pilot leaving the cockpit? A stewardess has to come in and sit. CNN reported that Capt. Patrick Sondenheimer screamed "For God's sake, open the door!" as he banged on the cockpit door, pleading with the co-pilot. Thirteen minutes later, the plane crashed into the French Alps. The audio from the plane's cockpit voice reporter has not been released. It was 1.5 hours of audio. But the German newspaper published a summary of the transcript of the recording.
Investigators have not found any writings or conversations where Lubitz shared his motives or plans of doing this. His past medical records inform them that Lubitz was suicidal at one time and underwent psychotherapy. But this was before he received his pilot's license. Officials say that the company was never given any indication Lubitz was depressed, and that if he went to a doctor on his own, he would have been required to self-report if deemed unfit to fly. Which I did hear from a source that he was not allowed to be at work that day. A doctor informed him that he was unable to work, for reasons that I did not read why.
About 150 German investigators are in the French Alps at the site of the crash identifying remains of bodies. of the 150 passengers, 78 have been identified through DNA.

12-year-old detained

In Colorado a 12 year old girl has been arrested.

She has been arrested on two counts of attempted murder, after allegedly trying to kill her mother twice. She attempted to kill her mother by poisoning her drinks with bleach.The woman first felt sick on March 2, after drinking a smoothie, according to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office. While she noticed the smell of bleach from her glass, the woman assumed her daughter hadn't rinsed it properly. 

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Then a couple days after that, the mother went to drink her water and smelled the bleach again. She then confronted her daughter. 

The daughter told her mother that she was trying to kill her because she took away her iPhone. 

The 12-year old was detained on Friday. she is currently at the Boulder County Juvenile Center on two counts of attempted first-degree murder. 

It is obvious how attached we are to our electronic devices now days. The fact that a 12-year old child thought to kill her mother because she took her phone away just leaves me speechless. 

It is pretty scary to me that a child so young would do something like that. It is outrageous the reaction the daughter had to having her phone taken away. This reflects on how teens today are so dependent on it that they are going to these extremes. 

Drinking bleach will make you sick to your stomach. It can cause liver and/or kidney damage that could eventually kill you. 

Potholes

As I was driving today I was thinking about what I wanted my post to be about this week. Well after hitting a few potholes in the road, I came home to a news hit on WBAL about the pothole problems in Maryland.
Hitting these potholes can do so much damage to your car, whether you hit it straight on or just nick it. It could possibly effect your alignment to your car, tire damage, wheel rims, and etc. I know I have nicked a few. It is hard going 55 miles-per-hour and seeing a pothole and trying to avoid it, especially when other cars are around.

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According to the WBAL article, city transportation officials said March is typically the busiest month for pothole repairs. I am sure it is the busiest month. After all the bad weather we tend to get closer to March, it causes some damage to the roads. 

My mother and I were out today and we saw crews working on some of the roads today to repair the potholes. According to WBAL, there have been 21,000 pothole repairs so far this winter. These repairs took up to 12 crews specifically to fix them. 

Skydiving incident

I recently read about an Australian skydiver having a seizure while skydiving.
Christopher Jones, who is 22 years old, survived a seizure while skydiving from 12,000 feet in Australia. He spent 30 seconds unconscious in free fall before his instructor saved him and pulled his parachute. Jones uploaded a video on Youtube on Sunday.
I could not imagine what it would be like to be an instructor, especially when something dangerous as this happens. How was the instructor able to get the skydiver so quickly? Jones was going 124 miles-per-hour. After having an incident like that there is no way I would never be able to do it again. Jones was able to go skydiving again. I wonder what caused for him to get a seizure? I would think this has caused him life-long effects limiting to things. (Photo was taken from The Sydney Morning Herald)