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Title: Co-pilot of Germanwings aircraft was depressed : Report
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Published: Mar 27, 2015
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Post Date: 2015-03-27 06:07:14 by Tatarewicz
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German media reports say the co-pilot of the Germanwings plane who “intentionally” crashed the aircraft in the French Alps suffered from depression and anxiety.
The German daily Bild reported that Andreas Lubitz was seeking professional help to cope with his condition in 2009, adding that the co-pilot was still under medical treatment for his psychiatric disease at the time of the incident.
Earlier, French prosecutor Brice Robin, who is in charge of the crash investigations, revealed that the crash was intentional after his team examined the plane’s audio black box.
“The co-pilot, through a deliberate act, refused to open the door of the cockpit to the commander, and activated the button that commands the loss of altitude,” he said.
The Airbus A320 aircraft, operated by Germanwings, a low-cost subsidiary of Germany’s flag-bearer, Lufthansa, disappeared off the radar at about 1030 GMT on March 24, about halfway on its route from the Spanish city of Barcelona to Dusseldorf in Germany. Eight minutes later the plane crashed into the French Alps,killing all 150 people on board. This image shows scattered debris of the crashed Germanwings Airbus A320 on March 26, 2015 (AFP PHOTO)

The investigators said they were still trying to determine for sure why the captain had left the cockpit and why Lubitz, aged 27, would commit such a deliberate act.
However, the prosecutor’s assertions have already led to the change in the nature of the investigation of the crash that killed people from more than a dozen countries, including two sports journalists from Iran. The German police are searching his house for evidence that might offer some explanation for what was behind the crash.
In 1999, an EgyptAir flight from the United States to Egypt crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 passengers on board, due to what investigators said had been the co-pilot’s “manipulation of the airplane controls.”
Following the recent incident some airlines have applied the “rule of two” to their flights, ensuring two crew members were in plane cockpit at all times.
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Prescription psychotic meds strike again?

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I guess depression can be a real killer, if you pardon the pun. I wonder if his living with parents should have been a tip off to investigate/watch him more closely? His facial expression doesn't indicate a happy camper.
It should be remembered that the enhanced cabin security was brought about as a result of the 9/11 hoax perpetrated by Israel and its neocons to get wars going against Afghanistan and Iraq which Israel considered enemies.

Hospital confirms to have Germanwings co-pilot as patient

BERLIN, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A hospital in Duesseldorf said on Friday that the co-pilot believed to have deliberately crashed Germanwings A320 flight on Tuesday had been a patient there in the last two months.
The University Hospital of Duesseldorf said in a statement that Andreas Lubitz, who was identified by French prosecutor as the co-pilot in the crashed Germanwings 4U9525 flight, visited the hospital as a patient in February 2015 and his last visit was on March 10, 2015.
The hospital said Lubitz was receiving a diagnosis evaluation, but refused to disclose more details.
It also denied previous media reports that the co-pilot was suffering from depression.
"Reports that Andreas L. was treated in our hospital for depression are incorrect," the statement read.
The hospital said it had handed over the medical records to the Duesseldorf prosecutor who announced earlier on Friday that a torn-up sick leave note was found in the co-pilot's residence in the western German city.
"We will support the investigation by the prosecutor strongly and unreservedly," said Klaus Hoeffken, hospital's chief executive said.
According to the Duesseldorf prosecutor, the sick leave note was valid for the day the crash happened. Documents containing medical information that "indicates an existing disease and appropriate medical treatment" were also among the findings in the co-pilot's home.
The prosecutor made the assumption that the co-pilot "concealed his illness towards his employer and his occupational environment."
Germanwings declared on Friday afternoon that a sick note for the tragic day, when the co-pilot appeared to have deliberately crashed the plane in the southern French Alps, killing all 150 people on board, had not been submitted to the company.
On Thursday, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr told reporters that the co-pilot had passed all the company's medical tests and was "100 percent fit to fly with no restriction." However, he admitted that there was no regular psychological checks for Lufthansa and Germanwings' pilots.
A spokesman for the German Aviation Association (BDL) told Xinhua that there was currently no concrete plans to introduce separate psychological tests for German pilots in addition to routine checks, but he did not rule out the possibility of holding discussions in the future over whether it was necessary to adopt new rules on the topic.

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