Crash pilot 'on suicide therapy'
©The Daily Telegraph | 2015-03-31 00:02:14.0
Kumpa also said Lubitz had not been suffering from any "medical illness". File photo
Image by: STRINGER / REUTERS
Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who is alleged to have deliberately crashed the Germanwings Airbus into the French Alps, was in therapy for suicidal tendencies before getting his pilot's licence, Germany's state prosecutor has said.
Lubitz, 27, was being treated by a psychotherapist, said spokesman Christoph Kumpa.
Kumpa said there had also been several visits to doctors right up until the time of the crash but these did not involve suicidal tendencies.
No suicide note was found in searches of Lubitz's German residences.
New footage shows Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz learning to fly.
Kumpa also said Lubitz had not been suffering from any "medical illness".
Black box cockpit voice recorder evidence has indicated that Lubitz deliberately put the Airbus A320 aircraft into a descent after locking out the captain.
All 150 people, of various nationalities, were killed in the subsequent crash on Tuesday last week.
A spokesman for Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, said medical records were subject to doctor-patient confidentiality.
Under German law, employers do not have access to employees' medical records and sick notes excusing a person from work also do not give information on medical conditions.
French investigators said yesterday they were digging an access route to the crash site.
The plane's second flight recorder, which contains flight data, has not yet been found.
Kay Kratky, a board member of Lufthansa, told a German TV talk show on Sunday that, due to the force with which the plane hit the mountain face, it was possible the recorder's locator beacons had been damaged and were not working properly.
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