Co-pilot kept illness a secret from employer

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More details are emerging about Andres Lubitz. He was the co-pilot of the Germanwings flight 9525, who investigators believe deliberately crashed the passenger jet, killing all 150 people on board.

Officials say he shouldn’t have been flying that day and probably would have been grounded by his employer, Lufthansa Airlines. German investigators say they found a ripped up sick note that indicates Andreas Lubitz didn’t tell Lufthansa about his illness.
German investigators found some interesting evidence in Lubitz’s apartment. They found a couple of copies of a sick leave certificate issued by a doctor for Lubitz to be exempt from work over a number of days including Tuesday when he flew that plane into the mountains. The illness itself is unspecified at this time. What is known is that Andreas Lubitz, during his training to become a pilot about six years ago, spent six months on leave because of a “burned out” syndrome – some kind of depression. Investigators are looking into whether this is related to that kind of illness.

but one thing is confirmed, that Mr. Lubitz did not tell Lufthansa about that illness, about this medical certificate. Lufthansa confirmed that meaning that could only lead to speculations that Mr. Lubitz may have believed that his illness would prevent him from flying in the future. The investigators also mentioned that they did not find any suicide note or any claim of responsibility – nor do they believe that this was politically or religiously motivated.