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Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz 'told to go to hospital' Germanwings crash: Pilot confidentiality 'should be relaxed'
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Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was urged by a doctor to attend psychiatric hospital weeks before he crashed a plane almost a year ago, a report into the crash says. French investigators have called for medical confidentiality to be relaxed for pilots, in the wake of last year's Germanwings disaster.
All 150 passengers and crew were killed when Flight 9525 hit a mountainside in the French Alps on 24 March, 2015. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was urged by a doctor to attend psychiatric hospital weeks before he crashed the plane on 24 March 2015, but his employer was never alerted, their final report says.
Investigators believe Lubitz brought down the plane deliberately. He had been suffering from severe depression. All 150 people on board died as Flight 9525 hit a mountain in the French Alps.
They have called for more stringent medical checks for pilots. Investigators believe Lubitz brought down the plane deliberately.
Lubitz had consulted several doctors in the months before the crash, but none of them alerted his employer, investigators said. He had been suffering from severe depression.
They have also called for more stringent medical checks for pilots.