Ominous revelations: Alps co-pilot vowed to change the system

"I never knew what he meant by that but now it makes sense," says his ex-girlfriend

DUESSELDORF: The co-pilot who crashed a passenger jet into the French Alps, killing all 150 aboard, was allegedly worried that "health problems" would dash his dreams and vowed one day to do something to "change the whole system", an ex-girlfriend told a German newspaper.

The 26-year-old woman, identified only as Maria W., recalled in an interview with German Bild daily newspaper how Andreas Lubitz had told her: "One day I'm going to do something that will change the whole system, and everyone will know my name and remember."

"I never knew what he meant by that but now it makes sense," it quoted the "shocked" flight attendant as saying, adding the remark repeatedly ran through her head after hearing about Tuesday's air disaster.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 29^th, 2015.