Co-pilot was suffering 'personal crisis' after failed relationship: reports

Paris: Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot of the Airbus A320 plane that mysteriously crashed in the French Alps was suffering from a ‘personal crisis’ after a failed relationship, as reported in the Daily Mail. Lubitz was engaged to be married next year. However, the 28-year-old had recently split from his partner. The theory emerged just hours after police began investigating the disaster.

German prosecutors say they have found evidence that the co-pilot of the Germanwings plan which crashed in the French Alps appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from his employers.

Prosecutors in the western city of Duesseldorf say they seized medical documents from the home of Andreas Lubitz that indicate "an existing illness and appropriate medical treatment."

Prosecutor Ralf Herrenbrueck said in a statement Friday that torn-up sick notes for the day of the crash "support the current preliminary assessment that the deceased hid his illness from his employer and colleagues."

He said the search of Lubitz's home revealed no suicide note or evidence of any political or religious motivation for his actions.

Read: Germanwings co-pilot appeared to want to 'destroy the plane': French prosecutor

As reported, the head of Lufthansa admitted the German had slipped through the 'safety net' and should never have been flying. He had suffered from depression and 'burnout' but still passed psychological assessments and was deemed fit to fly.

Read: Germanwings crash: Co-pilot had 630 hours flying experience, says Lufthansa

The black box voice recorder revealed passengers aware of their fate screamed in chilling final moments of Airbus A320.

The young German co-pilot barricaded himself alone in the cockpit of the Germanwings flight after he locked the captain out and took control of the airbus. He deliberately set it veering down from cruising altitude at 3,000 feet per minute.

Read: Lufthansa says Alps crash ‘inexplicable’, Germanwings plane was ‘in perfect condition’

German police searched his home for evidence that might offer some explanation for what was behind Tuesday's crash in the French Alps.

The scenario stunned the aviation world. Within hours of the prosecutors' announcement, several airlines responded by immediately changing their rules to require a second crew member to be in the cockpit at all times. That is already compulsory in the United States but not in Europe.

Watch: Who was Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot of the Airbus A320 plane

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