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Personality of crash co-pilot not the only serious lead, says French investigator

Police chief Jean-Pierre Michel said on Saturday that the personality of Andreas Lubitz, who is suspected of deliberately crashing the Germanwings passenger jet into the Alps, is a “serious lead” in the inquiry but not the only one.

German prosecutors believe that Andreas Lubitz hid an illness from his airline.
German prosecutors believe that Andreas Lubitz hid an illness from his airline. REUTERS/Foto-Team-Mueller
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“We have a certain number of elements which allow us to make progress on this lead, which is a serious lead but which can't be the only one,” police chief Jean-Pierre Michel told the news agency AFP in Dusseldorf.

He added that the investigation so far had not turned up a "particular element” in the life of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz which could explain his alleged action.

Meanwhile, according to the German weekly Welt am Sonntag, German police had found medical treatments for psychological illness at Lubitz's home.

The German publication quoted an unidentified high-ranking investigator as saying that “the 27-year-old has been treated by several neurologists and psychiatrists.”

On Friday, prosecutors in Dusseldorf had said searches of Lubitz's homes had turned up “medical documents that suggest an existing illness and appropriate medical treatment.”

German prosecutors believe Lubitz hid an illness from his airline.

They also said that “interviews on this subject and the evaluation of medical records will take several more days,” and that the outcome would be made public “once reliable evidence is available.”

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