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Documents found in the apartment of Germanwings Flight 9525 co-pilot Andreas Lubitz indicate he had an illness he kept "Secret from his employer and his professional environment," Official says.

Investigators found a medical leave note from a doctor issued for the co-pilot that included the day of the crash, the Dusseldorf public prosecutor's office said.

The prosecutor's office did not say if the medical leave note related to a physical or a mental health issue but said the co-pilot appeared to have been under treatment by a doctor for some time.

Investigators added that no goodbye letter, and no evidence of political or religious motivation was found, the prosecutor's office said. Ref. CNN

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A ripped letter found in the trash in the apartment of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz "Indicated that he was declared by a medical doctor (As) unfit to work," A Dusseldorf prosecutor says. 150 people died when Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday. Ref. CNN

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That obviously was not communicated to the airline otherwise so many could be saved. How could no one notice anything about him being that depressed?

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The investigation into the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 has not yet turned up evidence that provides a motivation for co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who is believed to have downed the plane deliberately.

Before he was a pilot, Lubitz was suicidal and underwent psychotherapy, but the evidence so far shows no physical illness, Dusseldorf prosecutor's spokesman Christoph Kumpa said today. Ref. CNN

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Life Lessons from the German Air Disaster

It is far easier for an individual to do great evil than to do great good. That the world isn’t fair is known to every human being who thinks. It may be our first insight into life. What child who ever complained, “That’s not fair,” wasn’t told by some adult, “Life isn’t fair”? One sad example of how unfair life is concerns how much harder it is to do massive good than massive evil. One psychopath, in one hour, killed 149 innocent people aboard a Germanwings airliner. How many people will ever be able to do nearly as much good for 149 people in... Ref. Source 7

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Leading up to the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was shopping doctors and seeing at least five, perhaps as many as six, a law enforcement source with detailed knowledge of the investigation told CNN.

It is becoming increasingly clear to investigators that Lubitz was "Very afraid" He would lose his license to fly because of his medical issues, the source said. Lubitz kept going from one doctor to the next seeking help, he said.

Lubitz is accused of deliberately bringing down the Airbus A320 in the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 people on board. Investigators have since focused on his health as they try to establish his motive. Ref. CNN

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Pilot 'researched cockpit doors, suicide'

THE co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing flight 9525 allegedly searched online for information about suicide and cockpit doors the week before the disaster. Ref. Source 5