German regulator says unaware of co-pilot's depression

[WorldNews]

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Germany's aviation regulator said Sunday it had no previous knowledge of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's struggle with severe depression before the disaster in the French Alps. A spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) told AFP that parent company Lufthansa had given it "no information about the medical background" of Lubitz, who prosecutors allege deliberately crashed the plane last month, killing all 150 people on board. In particular, Lufthansa physicians who examined Lubitz did not make the authorities aware of an "earlier phase of serious depression", said the LBA, which issues pilots' licences.

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