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Germanwings Co-pilot Hid Illness That Would Have Banned Him From Flying

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The co-pilot who deliberately crashed a plane belonging to Germanwings into the French Alps, killing all 150 aboard, was receiving medical treatment, but he hid this information from the airline.

Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz seems to have hid his illness from his employers. According to the prosecutors, authorities found a doctor’s note in the co-pilot’s house, which excused him from work for the day he plummeted a passenger plane into a mountain.

The new evidence was discovered after the search of Lubitz’s home. It could provide an explanation for the crashing of the Airbus A320 into the French Alps, which killed all 150 people on board.

Ralf Herrenbrueck, the prosecutor’s spokesperson, didn’t reveal details about Lubitz’s illness, but such notes as the one found in his home are used to excuse employers from work in Germany.

Herrenbrueck added that other medical documents were found, which indicated that the co-pilot was undergoing and “appropriate medical treatment.” No suicide note was found in his house, nor other indications of any political or religious motivation for the co-pilot’s actions.

The German newspaper Bild published, of Friday, what it claimed were extracts of Lubitz’s medical records. Bild claimed that the co-pilot had been labeled as “not suitable for flying” by the Lufthansa’s training school in Arizona.

The paper added that Lubitz spent 18 months receiving psychiatric treatment. He was diagnosed with a “severe depressive episode.” The report said that investigators were trying to discover whether Lubitz was suffering from a “personal life crisis”, which included some domestic troubles with his girlfriend.

The Bild report could answer some questions about the mysterious period in Lubitz’s training to become a pilot, when he took some time of from his lessons. Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr said that “Lubitz’s flying abilities were flawless” and that he passed all tests and checks with flying colors.

German magazine Der Spiegel quoted friends of the co-pilot whom said the pilot had taken a break from training because of depression. After finishing his training, Lubitz worked as a flight attendant for 11 months before becoming a co-pilot with Lufthansa’s budget subsidiary Germanwings. He became a co-pilot in September 2013.

French prosecutors announced yesterday that Lubitz had deliberately crashed the airplane into the mountains. According to the conclusions which were brought forward by the French authorities, the co-pilot has locked out the cockpit and switched the aircraft’s autopilot to its lowest descent course. He also ignored all appeals from air traffic controllers.

Pilot Patrick Soderheimer desperately tried to enter the cabin, as Bild reported that he used an axe in his failed attempt to break the thick door.

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No Survivors After Plane Carring 148 Crashes In France

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A German plane with 142 passengers and six crew members on board, which was travelling to Düsseldorf from Barcelona, crashed in southern France.

The aircraft was an Airbus A320 operated by Germanwings, a budget of German company Lufthansa. The wreckage was located by a French military helicopter just near the town of Prads-Haute-Bléone.

According to Eric Héraud, a spokesman in Paris for the aviation authority, the Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile, the pilots of the aircraft declared an emergency situation at 10:47 a.m. After that, the plane lost altitude rapidly, descending to around 5,000 feet from a cruising altitude of 38,000 feet. The plane flew over the town of Barcelonnette in the Alpes de Haute-Provence region

French President François Hollande announced that many of the victims were German. “The conditions of the accident, which have not yet been clarified, suggest that there might not be any survivors,” he added.

According to a local official, the debris of the crash was spread over five acres. President Hollande announced he was scheduled to talk to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish leaders as most of the victims were likely from those countries.

The A320 is the most common aircraft of the Airbus flee. Almost 6.000 of these single-aisle jets are in service with hundreds of airlines in the entire world. More than one billion passengers flew on a jet from the A320 series only last year. According to Ascend, a aviation consultancy company, the A320 has a smaller version, the A319, while the A321 is a stretched version of the same airplane.

The A320 is in service since 1988. According to Ascend, the aircraft has been involved in 12 fatal accidents in these years.

“We are aware of the media reports and all efforts are now going towards assessing the situation. “We will provide further information as soon as available,” Airbus said in a statement.

Germanwings is a company based in Cologne. The airline was founded in 2002 and seven years later was acquired by Lufthansa. It is the main operator for domestic and short European flights for Germany’s main aerial company. Germanwings operates flights from cities outside its main hubs in Munich and Frankfurt. The company has a fleet of approximately 80 planes, most of them being Airbus A320s and A319s.

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