Germanwings crash pilot ‘ruled sick on day of crash’

Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from his employers, including having been excused by a doctor from work the day he crashed a passenger plane into a mountain, prosecutors said.

Germanwings crash pilot ‘ruled sick on day of crash’

Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from his employers, including having been excused by a doctor from work the day he crashed a passenger plane into a mountain, prosecutors said.

The evidence came from the search of Lubitz’s homes in two German cities for an explanation why he crashed the Airbus A320 into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.

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