Visited gay porn and suicide sites
New information in the case is revealed by police: Lubitz visited gay porn websites as well as websites relating to suicide; he had received medical treatment for vision problems, causing him to fear he was losing his eyesight; Lubitz was often the target of gossip about his sexuality and was given the nickname “Tomato Andy”; in the months leading up to the crash, he was being treated by four psychiatrists; a “small mountain” of antidepressants were found at his apartment; and in his diary, Lubitz expressed his fears that he would be “found out” and would then lose his job. He also wrote:
I have too much work and I am not able to do my job properly.
A German police source:
We have a team disassembling his computer, and that of his girlfriend, because the information that we received was that he trawled the dark side of the web visiting, among other things, sites containing gay porn, suicide themes and sexual perversions.
16 students, 2 teachers dead
The German North Rhine-Westphalia state Education Ministry says a group of that 16 tenth-grade students and two teachers from Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium High School in the city of Haltern, northeast of Duesseldorf. Local education minister
It was a Spanish language exchange programme and they were flying home after having what was probably the most wonderful time of their lives.
Haltern Mayor Bodo Klimpel:
This is, of course, the worst thing you could imagine.
Plane crashes in France
An Airbus A320 operated by Germanwings, the budget carrier of Germany’s Lufthansa crashes in a remote area of the French Alps Tuesday, near the ski resort of Barcelonnette, killing all 150 on board in the worst plane disaster in mainland France for four decades. The Airbus A320 plunged for eight minutes into a snowbound inaccessible mountain area in southeastern France. French officials say no distress signal had been issued. The plane, carrying 144 mainly Spanish and German passengers and six crew, was travelling from Barcelona to the western German city of Duesseldorf when it came down. Civil aviation authorities
The crew did not send a Mayday. It was air traffic control that decided to declare the plane was in distress because there was no contact with the crew of the plane
Lufthansa:
We’ve never had a total loss of aircraft in the company’s history until now.
Mob storms synagogue
A drunken mob of more than 20 men and women storm the synagogue while shouting, “Kill the Jews!”. The mob broke windows and attacked worshippers inside the building, who protected themselves with chairs. One man sustained facial injuries as he tried to prevent the mob from entering the building. Synagogue elders believe the attack wasn’t racially motivated, but was merely an expression of anti-social behavior. Four men and two women were later arrested.
The window had already been smashed. Teenagers were shouting abuse. It was blatantly anti-Semitic, they came and attacked a synagogue…The number of these incidents has increased in the past few months, since before Charlie Hebdo. We’re stepping up patrols and working with the police. The courts should take attacks like this seriously.
Destroys Mar Benham monastery
ISIS destroys fourth Century Mar Benham monastery in Iraq using explosives. Dr Nicholas al-Jeloo, University of Melbourne:
IS is destroying the rich cultural fabric of the area, the multilayered, multilingual, multi-ethnic aspects of society. It’s not just our heritage, it’s the heritage of the world. It is part of our history, and now it’s gone.
Claims role
ISIS claims responsibility of Yemen mosque bombings. Bruce Riedel, director of the Intelligence Project at the Institute:
ISIS’s claim is not credible. The attacks in Sanaa are more likely AQAP, which has both capability and intent. But ISIS may find a following in Yemen given the chaos and sectarian violence.
Claims responsibility
ISIS claims responsibility of attacking Tunisia’s Bardo museum.
This is a blessed invasion of one of the dens of the infidels and vice in Muslim Tunisia. We tell the apostates who sit on the chest of Muslim Tunisia: Wait for the glad tidings of what will harm you, o impure ones, for what you have seen today is the first drop of the rain.
Blows up army headquarters
ISIS kills forty Iraqi soldiers by blowing up more than three hundred explosives placed under army headquarters at Anbar, Iraq. Sabah Karhoot, chairman of the region’s governing council :
ISIS militants were digging and planting IEDs under an HQ of an Iraqi army while the security forces knew nothing about it
Towelette found
An unwrapped moist towelette with the Malaysia Airlines logo on it is found by a strolling couple on a beach in West Australia. It is being tested to see if it is the first piece of evidence from MH370.
It is unlikely, however, that such a common item with no unique identifier could be conclusively linked with MH370.
Militants attack Libyan oilfield
Islamic State affiliate militants behead eight Libyan guards and kidnap nine foreigners in an attack on al-Ghani oil field. Libya’s military spokesman, Ahmed al-Mesmari on Islamic State militants’ goal to take over Libya’s petroleum industry:
This is the lifeline of the Libyan people. The consequences of such a loss would be dire.
Destroys ancient city of Nimrud
ISIS militants bulldoze the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud in a fresh attack on country’s cultural and historical heritage. Jack Green, chief curator of the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago:
It’s the deliberate destruction of a heritage and its images, intended to erase history and the identity of the people of Iraq, whether in the past or the present
Attacked
In South Korea, Lippert is attacked by a razor-wielding man who screamed that North and South Korea should be reunified. Images show Lippert bleeding from his head and wrist.
Man surnamed Kim(56) yelled "I oppose to joint drills" and "South and NKorea must unify" before attacking Lippert pic.twitter.com/ZBF3ZohXbU
— Jihye Lee (@TheJihyeLee) March 4, 2015
Kidnaps villagers
ISIS abducts Christians from the villages in north-eastern Syria, along the banks of the Khabur river near the town of Tal Tamr in Hassakeh province where Assyrians inhabit the area. Activist group:
During the raids, the militants took between 70 and 100 Assyrians captive. 3,000 people had managed to flee the onslaught and sought refuge in the cities of Hassakeh and Qamishli.
Takes down attacker
Barkat and his security guard wrestle to the ground a Palestinian attacker who had stabbed an ultra-Orthodox Jew at a busy intersection.
My bodyguard took out his weapon and when he aimed at the terrorist, the terrorist dropped his knife and we immediately tackled him on the ground to make sure that he cannot continue with the terror attack.
486 miners safe
All 486 South African goldmine workers are found safe after being trapped in a mine. The cause was a fire 2,300 meters below the mine’s surface. Before finding the total 486 South African President Zuma:
I urge all South Africans to keep the miners in their thoughts and prayers during this difficult period.
Minor car accident
The Kardashians are in a minor car accident. Kim, Khloe, Jenner and North West are in the car when a semi-truck throws snow onto the windows making it difficult for Khloe to see while driving. She loses control of the car for a few minutes, spins around and ends up in a ditch. No injuries are reported. Kim:
Thank you God for watching over us and keeping us safe.
Khloe:
God is good.
Hotel attack
More than ten people die, including Somali legislator Omar Ali Nor and Mogadishu’s deputy mayor Mohamed Aden, at a hotel in Mogadishu after a terrorist attack on a hotel where government officials were meeting. Deputy Prime Minister Mohamed Omar Arte is in hospital. A Islamic extremist rammed a vehicle containing explosive into the gate of the hotel and another extremist blew himself up. Lawmaker Mohamed Ali.
A dark day for our country
Bus video: Jenner rear-ended cars
Detectives for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are using video recovered from a mass transit bus driving in the opposite direction as Jenner as a part of their crash investigation. Law enforcement source:
(Investigators) do have a videotape from a bus.
Unidentified sources tell TMZ the video clearly shows Jenner’s Cadillac Escalade rear-ending Howe’s white Lexus and sending it into the path of an oncoming Hummer, without Howe ever touching the Prius lined up in front of her. Jenner then plows into the Prius before coming to a stop. Law enforcement source says it is a “leading possibility” that Jenner hit both cars in front of him.
Ferry sinks
A river ferry sinks after being hit by a cargo vessel in Bangladesh. The ferry held up to 140 passengers, killing at least 48. It is undetermined how many passengers might still be missing. Survivor:
The passengers who were on the deck have survived, but many who were inside got trapped.
Bob Simon dies age 73
Simon dies at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital from injuries sustained in an accident involving his livery cab in New York City. 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager:
It’s a terrible loss for all of us at CBS News. It is such a tragedy made worse because we lost him in a car accident, a man who has escaped more difficult situations than almost any journalist in modern times. Bob was a reporter’s reporter. He was driven by a natural curiosity that took him all over the world covering every kind of story imaginable. There is no one else like Bob Simon. All of us at CBS News and particularly at 60 Minutes will miss him very much.