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03-27-2015 11:52 AM
Prosecutor: German co-pilot hid illness from employer
The co-pilot blamed for deliberately crashing a German airliner into the Alps had concealed an illness from his employers and tore up a doctor's note that called for him to go on medical leave on the day of the tragedy, according to a statement from German prosecutors.
Police found the medical certificate and other documents during a search Thursday at the Duesseldorf home of Andreas Lubitz, the 27-year-old Germanwings co-pilot.
03-27-2015 11:55 AM
I also read that he had a recent breakup with a girlfriend which may have been his tipping point.
03-27-2015 11:59 AM
I just heard that authorities found a ripped-up letter which declared him 'unfit to work'. That was probably the same or related documentation that he got from the doctor.
Also, he was set to marry a woman either later this year or next year. She abruptly broke up with him because she just couldn't live with him anymore. Speculation (which is all we have at this point) is saying that this act of crashing the plane into the mountain was his final act of revenge. In other words, "If you're casting me aside and don't want to marry me, then I'll make sure you NEVER forgive yourself for what you did to me."
Very scary and sad...
03-27-2015 12:06 PM
Whatever his illness or reason, it will never undo what was done. I feel the fault/blame is his solely. He was a sicko and his girlfriend was lucky she left him.
03-27-2015 12:08 PM
03-27-2015 12:09 PM
I'd like to know if the doctor was convinced he should not be flying, was he under any obligation to let the airline know?
03-27-2015 12:18 PM
What kind of doctor wrote the note? Medical? Psych?
03-27-2015 12:19 PM
On 3/27/2015 Lion said:What kind of doctor wrote the note? Medical? Psych?
I think it was a shrink, supposedly he was under care for years?
03-27-2015 12:23 PM
03-27-2015 12:25 PM
On 3/27/2015 MickD said: Psychotically depressed with rage/anger components.....one doesn't get a doctor's excuse/note for a cold....he was physically in great shape....just internally a mess....if here in the states, the doc would've been mandated to report his psychosis.
Interesting.
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