US aviation body questioned mental fitness of Germanwings pilot in 2010

Officials at the US Federal Aviation Administration questioned the mental fitness of the Germanwings pilot who crashed a plane in the French Alps some five years before the tragedy.

US aviation body questioned mental fitness of Germanwings pilot in 2010
Thu, 30 Apr, 2015 - 14:30

Officials at the US Federal Aviation Administration questioned the mental fitness of the Germanwings pilot who crashed a plane in the French Alps some five years before the tragedy.

They awarded Andreas Lubitz a US pilot licence after his German doctor said he had fully recovered from severe depression, government records show.

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