Germanwings Co-Pilot ‘Researched Suicide Methods In Days Before Crash

Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot believed to have deliberately crashed Germanwings flight 9525, undertook online research into cockpit doors and suicide methods in the days leading up to the crash, Düsseldorf prosecutors said.

The development came as French prosecutors said the second black box from the plane had been found after a nine-day search. 150 people died in the crash.

In a statement released on Thursday, the German investigators said they had analysed a tablet computer found in the co-pilot’s flat.

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Germanwings Co-Pilot Sought Psychiatric Help

Documents released by Germany’s air transport regulator suggest Andreas Lubitz suffered from “bout of heavy depression”. The Germanwings co-pilot said to have deliberately crashed his Airbus with 149 others aboard into the French Alps suffered serious depression six years ago, German daily Bild reported.

Andreas Lubitz, 27, sought psychiatric help for “a bout of heavy depression” in 2009 and was still getting assistance from doctors, the mass-readership publication reported on Friday, quoting documents from Germany’s air transport regulator Luftfahrtbundesamt (LBA).

The report said LBA received the information from Lufthansa, Germanwing’s parent company.

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