‘Depressed’ Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz ‘had 18 months of psychiatric help and was ‘unsuitable for flying’

‘The co-pilot who flew Germanwings Flight 4U9525 into the Alps had 18 months of psychiatric help for a ‘serious depressive episode’ while he was training, it was claimed today.

Andreas Lubitz, 28, locked his captain out of the cockpit during a toilet break and deliberately crashed the Airbus A320 on Tuesday, killing all 150 people on board.

Germany’s biggest newspaper Bild claimed he received the treatment six years ago while he was training at Lufthansa’s flying school – where he was classed as unsuitable for flying.’

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