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French Prosecutors Open New Germanwings Investigation (Video)
Germanwings crash: French prosecutors open new probe
The plane was en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf when the crash occurred
French prosecutors have announced a preliminary investigation into whether manslaughter charges should be brought over the Germanwings plane crash.
It is not clear exactly who any possible charges would target.
All 150 people on board, mostly from Spain and Germany, died in the crash in March.
Marseilles prosecutor Brice Robin said there was “no doubt” that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the Airbus A320 in the French Alps.
Both Germanwings and Lufthansa have previously said that Lubitz, 27, had passed all fitness to fly tests.
Lufthansa has also acknowledged that it knew the co-pilot had suffered from severe depression in 2009 while training for his pilot’s licence.
Lubitz had seen seven doctors in the month before the crash, prosecutor Brice Robin said
Mr Robin said some doctors treating Lubitz felt he was unfit to fly but did not tell his employers because of German laws on patient confidentiality. SOURCE
