Germanwings crash: Who was co-pilot Andreas Lubitz

Andreas Lubitz, the young co-pilot believed to have caused the Germanwings plane crash, started flying as a teenager.

He first took to the skies as a member of a gliding club in his hometown of Montabaur in west Germany, before fulfilling his ambition of becoming a professional pilot.

Friends and neighbours have described him as a "quiet" but "fun" character, who was enjoying his job.

A picture from his now defunct Facebook page shows him smiling happily in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

But on the morning of 24 March the 27-year-old's career took a dark turn.

Mr Lubitz has been accused by French prosecutors of intentionally flying an Airbus 320 into the French Alps, with 150 people on board.

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