Germanwings Crash Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's Home Has Been Blurred From Google Maps

Mystery As Google Maps Blurs Out Home Belonging To Germanwings Pilot Andreas Lubitz

The home of the co-pilot who deliberately crashed Germanwings A320 into the French Alps has been blurred out on Google maps.

Lubitz, 27, is reported to have lived with his girlfriend in a flat in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany.

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The reported home of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz has been blurred out on Google Maps

But when one inputs the address into Google maps, the property appears to have been blurred out.

It is not clear when the section was blurred out and at time of publication, Google had not responded to HuffPost UK’s request for comment.

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Germany has some of the strictest privacy laws in the world, the Telegraph notes, pointing out Germanwings parent company Lufthansa has claimed it was powerless to know the details of Lubitz’s medical history, as it was revealed he had received treatment for suicidal tendencies several years ago.

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Vocative writes: “Germans, however, have a contentious history with the search giant over privacy. In 2010, after government officials expressed concerns, Google offered Germans the opportunity to opt out of its Maps feature, saying that the company was ‘obeying local privacy laws’. At the time about 250,000 Germans took Google up on the other.”

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