Relative names flight captain Patrick Sondenheimer was the pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, according to Reiner Sondenheimer of Dusseldorf, Germany, who says he is a relative of Patrick’s.

The world was shaken by the deliberate crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320-200 traveling from Barcelona to ...

Cockpit video recorders, like the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), are essential safety tools ...

Germanwings CEO Thomas Winkelmann said the pilot, whom he did not name, had more than 10 years' experience working for Germanwings and its parent airline Lufthansa. The victims: What we know ...

The Germanwings co-pilot believed to have deliberately steered a plane into the French Alps had a note from his doctor certifying him unfit to work on the day of the crash that he never passed on ...

WASHINGTON - Aviation security experts said Thursday that U.S. airlines follow strict security procedures to ensure that no one is ever left alone in the cockpit as was the case with a Germanwings ...