Flight Club Members Say Germanwings Co-Pilot Seemed Happy

All Things Considered | Mar 27, 2015

NPR's Robert Seigel interviews Associated Press reporter David McHugh, who visited the gliding club where the co-pilot of the plane in Tuesday's crash learned to fly. Club members said that Andreas Lubitz seemed very happy about his new job with Germanwings.

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