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VIDEO: Prosecutors: Doctors Felt Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz Was Unfit to Fly Before He Crashed Plane into Alps
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  • June 11, 2015

Prosecutors: Doctors Felt Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz Was Unfit to Fly Before He Crashed Plane into Alps

Lubitz had seven doctor appointments just in the month before the flight, and some doctors felt he was mentally unfit to fly. German privacy laws meant they could not alert the airline to their findings.

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