Officials at the Germanwings airline couldn’t have done anything to prevent last year’s fatal crash, according to the final report issued yesterday, because they were not informed by anyone — “neither the co-pilot himself, nor by anybody else, such as a physician, a colleague, or family member” — that Andreas Lubitz was suffering from mental-health problems at the time of the flight. “In addition, the mental state of the co-pilot did not generate any concerns reported by the pilots who flew with him,” according to the report. In the four months leading up to the crash, at least six doctors saw Lubitz for his mental-health problems, but none of them informed the airline.
Source: avwebGermanwings Report: Airlines Should Track Pilots' Mental Health