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Germanwings co-pilot's home in western Germany under police surveillance

Xinhua, March 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

German police are keeping the Germanwings' co-pilot's home in the town of Montabaur, about 100 km northwest of Frankfurt, under surveillance.

According to statements made by the French prosecutor in Marseille on Thursday, the co-pilot of the fatal Germanwings flight 4U9525 appeared to have deliberately crashed the plane in the French Alps on Tuesday, following a preliminary analysis of the aircraft's black box voice recorder.

Along with German police, there were also about 30 reporters surrounding his house, according to a Xinhua reporter on the scene.

As the reporter witnessed, policemen accompanied by two investigators had already entered the house.

A neighbor confirmed to Xinhua that the house is the co-pilot's home, adding that "this man was nothing special, a very ordinary person."

The co-pilot was "rarely home because of his work in Duesseldorf," said the neighbor, "It was just a brief meet-and-greet" with him.

The co-pilot, identified by French prosecutor earlier on Thursday as 28-year-old Andreas Lubitz. Endit