Demands Germanwings co-pilot's girlfriend be 'put through hell'

Three days after Germanwings Flight 9525 co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed a passenger jet into the French Alps, killing all 150 people aboard, Trump tweeted on March 29, 2015 that Lubitz's girlfriend "knew he was insane and should have reported him" and demanded she be "put through hell." The accusation echoed a German tabloid interview in which the woman, described by other outlets as an ex-girlfriend, recounted troubling behavior she said she witnessed during their earlier relationship, but that account was given to reporters only after the crash and contained no indication she had advance knowledge of a specific threat or failed to report one. Trump cited no source for his claim that she "knew he was insane" beforehand. The tweet targeted a private, non-public individual with an unverified accusation and called for her to be made to suffer, days after the death of her former partner in a mass-casualty tragedy.

“The girlfriend of Lubitz, the wacko co-pilot who took down the plane, knew he was insane and should have reported him. Put her through hell” Quote verified against source