For the boss of Lufthansa, "nothing could prevent such an isolated act"

After the first revelations of the flight recorder, the CEO of German airline group Lufthansa, Germanwings parent, said he was stunned, shocked.

During his press conference in Cologne, he said no security system in the world could prevent such a tragedy.

Carsten Spohr gave some details on the co-pilot, and renewed his confidence in the strict selection of drivers for his company:

"I would like to mention that there 6 years, the co-pilot made ​​a break in his training. Then he resumed. He retook the tests as a candidate for training. He began to resume training. Thereafter, he not only passed all the medical tests, he followed all the flight training, passed all the tests, he spent all controls, successful flight tests. He was 100% fit to fly without any restrictions, without any conditions. "

He could not say for it because the pilot had interrupted his training for several months in 2009. But he said that the Prosecutor of the French Republic could have access to the complete file, including medical, young man.

First direct consequences

The airline cheap Norwegian Air Shuttle will impose permanent presence of two people in the cockpit. This measure should come into effect from tomorrow, Friday.