http://www.france24.com/en/20150327-germanwings-co-pilot-lubitz-hid-sick-leave-note-crash-day/
Prosecutors in the western city of Duesseldorf said they seized medical documents from the home of 27-year-old Andreas Lubitz that indicate “an existing illness and appropriate medical treatment”.
Prosecutor Ralf Herrenbrueck said in a statement Friday that torn-up sick notes for the day of the crash “support the current preliminary assessment that the deceased hid his illness from his employer and colleagues”.
Herrenbrueck said the search of Lubitz’s home revealed no suicide note or evidence of any political or religious motivation for his actions. He did not say what illness the co-pilot had.
Good morning...They keep saying he had about 600 hours in the A320..OK..everyone has to start at zero..but the real question is how much flying has he done since he started as co-pilot with Lufthansa..I want to see those records..
All privacy rights should be lost in a situation like this. Divulge his entire medical history to the public. Screw hippa.
Prosecutor’s spokesman Ralf Herrenbrueck said in a written statement that torn-up sick notes for the day of the crash ‘support the current preliminary assessment that the deceased hid his illness from his employer and colleagues’.
Such sick notes from doctors excusing employees from work are common in Germany and issued even for minor illnesses. Mr Herrenbrueck didn’t say details of what illness Lubitz was suffering from.
Mr Herrenbrueck said other medical documents found indicated ‘an existing illness and appropriate medical treatment’. Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, refused to comment on the new information.
As well as having been signed off from training with depression in 2008, it was reported this morning that Lubitz had continued to receive mental health support up until this week’s crash.
Lubitz was said to be in a ‘relationship crisis’ with his girlfriend in the weeks before the crash and was struggling to cope with a potential break-up, German newspaper Bild reported.