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A file photo of Andreas Lubitz. Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from his employers, including having been excused by a doctor from work the day he crashed a passenger plane into a mountain, prosecutors said Friday, March 27, 2015. The evidence came from the search of Lubitz's homes in two German cities for an explanation of why he crashed the Airbus A320 into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board. (AP)
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Relatives of crash victims from Spain pay their respects at the memorial for the victims of the air disaster in the village of Le Vernet, near the crash site of the Airbus A320 in French Alps March 27, 2015. A young German co-pilot barricaded himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings flight 9525 and apparently set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, French prosecutors said on Thursday. The pilot Andreas Lubitz, 27, who appears to have deliberately crashed a plane carrying 149 others into the French Alps received psychiatric treatment for a "serious depressive episode" six years ago, German tabloid Bild reported on Friday. (Reuters)
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Students stand in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See March 27, 2015. Some 16 students and two teachers from Josef-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See, were on board the ill-fated Germanwings flight 4U9525 that crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday on its way home to Duesseldorf. (Reuters)
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Passengers stand in line to board Germanwings flight 4U9441, formerly 4U9525 from Barcelona to Dusseldorf March 27, 2015. The German pilot believed to have deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps killing 150 people broke off his training six years ago due to depression and spent over a year in psychiatric treatment, a German newspaper reported on Friday. (Reuters)
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Students hug each other after a memorial service at St. Sixtus church in Haltern am See, March, 27, 2015. Some 16 students and two teachers from Josef-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See, were on board the ill-fated Germanwings flight 4U9525 that crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday on its way home to Duesseldorf. (Reuters)
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Family members of people involved in the Germanwings jetliner that crashed on Tuesday in the French Alps leave after a gathering in Le Vernet, France, Thursday, March 26, 2015. French prosecutors' assertion that this week's air crash of a German airliner into a rugged mountainside was a deliberate act of the co-pilot points to the possible need for a third pilot in airline cockpits, several aviation safety experts said Thursday. (AP)
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A couple looks at flowers and lit candles placed on the ground in Cologne Bonn airport. (Reuters)
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Family members of people involved in Germanwings jetliner that crashed on Tuesday in the French Alps leave after a gathering in Le Vernet, France Thursday, March 26, 2015. Commenting after listening to the plane’s black box voice data recorder, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said Thursday that the crash was a deliberate act by the co-pilot of the passenger jet. (AP)
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German police officers shield a person leaving the house believed to belong to the parents of crashed Germanwings flight 4U 9524 co-pilot Andreas Lubitz in Montabaur, March 26, 2015. A young German co-pilot locked himself in the cockpit of Germanwings flight 9525 and flew it into a mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, prosecutors said on Thursday. After listening to "black box" voice recordings, French prosecutors left no doubt that they believe 27-year-old Andreas Lubitz was in control of the Airbus A320 and set it on its fatal descent. They offered no explanation for his motive. Prosecutors in the German city of Duesseldorf said police were searching his home for evidence. (Reuters)
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People react as they observe a minute of silence in Llinars del Valles, near Barcelona, March 25, 2015. Investigators were searching for the reason why a German Airbus ploughed into a mountainside in the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board, including 16 teenagers returning from a school trip to Spain. (Reuters)
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Germanwings employees gather outside the company headquarters to observe a minute of silence in Cologne Bonn airport March 25, 2015. An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board including 16 schoolchildren. (Reuters)
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A photo released March 25, 2015 by the French Interior Ministry shows search operations at the crash site of an Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes. French investigators will sift through wreckage on Wednesday for clues into why a German Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline plowed into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 people on board including 16 schoolchildren returning from an exchange trip to Spain. (Reuters)
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Students hug in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See March 25, 2015. Students and teachers at the small-town German high school broke down in tears once they realised that 16 classmates and two teachers were on board an ill-fated Germanwings airplane that crashed in France on Tuesday on a flight to Duesseldorf. The Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in the French Alps, killing all 150 on board. Germanwings confirmed its flight from Barcelona to Duesseldorf went down with 144 passengers and six crew. (Reuters)
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A black box from the German Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget Airbus A320 crash is seen in this photo released March 25, 2015 by the BEA, France's Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses (Air Accident Investigator). French investigators will sift through wreckage on Wednesday for clues into why a German Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 people on board including 16 schoolchildren returning from an exchange trip to Spain. (Reuters)
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A woman writes in a book of condolences in Duesseldorf airport March 25, 2015. French investigators on Wednesday searched for the reason why a German Airbus ploughed into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 on board including 16 teenagers returning from a school trip to Spain. Helicopters flew over the site where the A320 operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline disintegrated after it went down in a remote area of ravines en route to Duesseldorf from Barcelona. (Reuters)
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People react as they observe a minute of silence in Llinars del Valles, near Barcelona, March 25, 2015. Investigators were searching for the reason why a German Airbus ploughed into a mountainside in the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board, including 16 teenagers returning from a school trip to Spain. (Reuters)
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People stand in front of candles at the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See, March, 25, 2015. Students and teachers at a small-town German high school broke out in ears when they realised that 16 classmates and two teachers were on board an ill-fated Germanwings airplane that crashed in France on Tuesday on a flight home to Duesseldorf. An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board including 16 schoolchildren. Picture taken with long-time exposure. (Reuters)
