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Suicidal Pilot Crashed Plane, Now Families Sue His Flight School
Relatives whose loved ones died last year when a Germanwings pilot deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps filed a wrongful death suit Wednesday against the US flight school that trained him.
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French Prosecutors Expand Germanwings Probe
French investigators said on Thursday, they were expanding their German wings crash probe to see if anyone could be held liable for man slaughter, as it emerged the pilot had seen seven doctors in the month before the disaster.
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US to Review Pilot Mental Health After Germanwings Crash
A panel of experts from government and industry will review how the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration monitors the mental health of commercial pilots and will make recommendations within six months, the agency said Wednesday.
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German Air Controllers Call on Aviation Industry for Remote Command of Planes
In response to the Germanwings crash last month, the German air traffic control authority has called on the aviation industry to consider technology that would allow people on the ground to take remote command of a passenger plane and safely land it.
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Lufthansa Doctors Recommended Continued Treatment for Germanwings Co-Pilot: Report
Doctors at Lufthansa had recommended that pilot Andreas Lubitz, who is suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps, be given psychological treatment after he suffered a bout of depression, a German newspaper reported.
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German Regulator Says Unaware of Co-Pilot's Depression
Germany's aviation regulator said today it had no previous knowledge of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's struggle with severe depression before the disaster in the French Alps.
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European Union Found 'Issues' with German Aviation Regulator: Report
A European regulator found "issues" with Germany's aviation authority in a regular review of air safety enforcement, the European Commission said on Saturday.
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Germanwings Co-Pilot Told Lufthansa in 2009 of 'Previous Episode of Severe Depression'
Lufthansa said today that the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings jet had informed the airline in 2009 that he had previously suffered from severe depression.
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Alps Crash Victim Identification Possible Soon: French President Francois Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said today it would soon be possible to identify the victims of the Germanwings plane disaster, as insurers said hundreds of millions of dollars were being set aside to cover compensation for their families.
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Insurers Set Aside Millions for Germanwings Crash
Insurers have begun counting the financial cost of the Germanwings plane disaster, parent company Lufthansa said today, with hundreds of millions of dollars being set aside to cover compensation for victims' families.
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Psychological Profiling, Cockpit Door Locks will be Focus of Germanwings Probe
French air accident authority BEA said its probe into the Germanwings crash would study "systemic weaknesses" that might have led to the disaster, such as psychological profiling and cockpit door locks.
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Lufthansa Cancels 60th Anniversary Celebrations Over Germanwings Crash
Lufthansa said today that it will cancel celebrations marking the German airline's 60th anniversary in the wake of last week's deadly crash of an Airbus jet from its low-cost subsidiary Germanwings.
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Searchers Build Roadway to Remote France Air Crash Site
French investigators hope to speed up identification of the 150 people killed in last week's Germanwings plane crash by digging a roadtrack that will allow direct access to the disaster zone high on a remote Alpine mountainside.
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DNA From 78 Germanwings Crash Victims Found: Prosecutor
Forensic teams have isolated 78 distinct DNA strands from body parts recovered from the Germanwings crash site in the French Alps, one of the lead investigators said today.
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Medicine For Psychological Illness Found at Germanwings Co-Pilot's Home: Report
German police have found medical treatments for psychological illness at the home of the co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a jet into the French Alps, killing 149 people and himself, a German newspaper said on Saturday.
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Suicidal Pilot Crashed Plane, Now Families Sue His Flight School
Relatives whose loved ones died last year when a Germanwings pilot deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps filed a wrongful death suit Wednesday against the US flight school that trained him.
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French Prosecutors Expand Germanwings Probe
French investigators said on Thursday, they were expanding their German wings crash probe to see if anyone could be held liable for man slaughter, as it emerged the pilot had seen seven doctors in the month before the disaster.
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US to Review Pilot Mental Health After Germanwings Crash
A panel of experts from government and industry will review how the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration monitors the mental health of commercial pilots and will make recommendations within six months, the agency said Wednesday.
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German Air Controllers Call on Aviation Industry for Remote Command of Planes
In response to the Germanwings crash last month, the German air traffic control authority has called on the aviation industry to consider technology that would allow people on the ground to take remote command of a passenger plane and safely land it.
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Lufthansa Doctors Recommended Continued Treatment for Germanwings Co-Pilot: Report
Doctors at Lufthansa had recommended that pilot Andreas Lubitz, who is suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps, be given psychological treatment after he suffered a bout of depression, a German newspaper reported.
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German Regulator Says Unaware of Co-Pilot's Depression
Germany's aviation regulator said today it had no previous knowledge of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's struggle with severe depression before the disaster in the French Alps.
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European Union Found 'Issues' with German Aviation Regulator: Report
A European regulator found "issues" with Germany's aviation authority in a regular review of air safety enforcement, the European Commission said on Saturday.
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Germanwings Co-Pilot Told Lufthansa in 2009 of 'Previous Episode of Severe Depression'
Lufthansa said today that the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings jet had informed the airline in 2009 that he had previously suffered from severe depression.
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Alps Crash Victim Identification Possible Soon: French President Francois Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said today it would soon be possible to identify the victims of the Germanwings plane disaster, as insurers said hundreds of millions of dollars were being set aside to cover compensation for their families.
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Insurers Set Aside Millions for Germanwings Crash
Insurers have begun counting the financial cost of the Germanwings plane disaster, parent company Lufthansa said today, with hundreds of millions of dollars being set aside to cover compensation for victims' families.
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Psychological Profiling, Cockpit Door Locks will be Focus of Germanwings Probe
French air accident authority BEA said its probe into the Germanwings crash would study "systemic weaknesses" that might have led to the disaster, such as psychological profiling and cockpit door locks.
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Lufthansa Cancels 60th Anniversary Celebrations Over Germanwings Crash
Lufthansa said today that it will cancel celebrations marking the German airline's 60th anniversary in the wake of last week's deadly crash of an Airbus jet from its low-cost subsidiary Germanwings.
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Searchers Build Roadway to Remote France Air Crash Site
French investigators hope to speed up identification of the 150 people killed in last week's Germanwings plane crash by digging a roadtrack that will allow direct access to the disaster zone high on a remote Alpine mountainside.
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DNA From 78 Germanwings Crash Victims Found: Prosecutor
Forensic teams have isolated 78 distinct DNA strands from body parts recovered from the Germanwings crash site in the French Alps, one of the lead investigators said today.
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Medicine For Psychological Illness Found at Germanwings Co-Pilot's Home: Report
German police have found medical treatments for psychological illness at the home of the co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a jet into the French Alps, killing 149 people and himself, a German newspaper said on Saturday.
