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Letter that indicated that he was declared by a medical doctor unfit to work. Investigators say they found medical excuse notes that had been ripped up, including one for the day of the crash. Theyre not saying what the illness was. But they say the evidence does indicate lubitz was trying to hide that evidence. Were also learning more about what investigators didnt find in his apartment or in his familys home. No goodbye letter or suicide note no evidence that his actions were driven by politics or religion. Also today, lufthansa, thats the Parent Company of the germanwings airliner announced that it had adopted a new rule. It now requires two people to be in the cockpit at all times. Lets sort out the latest on the investigation with our experts. Here in washington our Law Enforcement analyst, the former fbi assistant director tom fuentes and our aviation analyst, peter go ....
Completely devastated and as a man who feels responsible in part for this tragedy. German authorities are sharply focused on who cleared Andreas Lubitz physically and mentally to fly. An aviation official tells us he passed his flight physical last summer. But some say the copilot was hiding a Mental Illness from his bosses. Also at a cathedral in a french town near the crash site Church Leaders paid tribute to the victims, 150 people on board that airbus 320. Will ripley joins me from colon, germany, the headquarters of lufthansa, the Parent Company of germanwings. Will i know you have new information coming out about what investigators have found inside Andreas Lubitzs apartment. What can you tell us . Report ....
Managing director and cnn safety analyst, david soucie former faa accident investigator and author of Malaysia Flight 370 why it disappeared and why its a matter of time before it happens again and cnn aviation correspondent richard quest. Let me start off with you. The New York Times report that a couple different ways to read it. Theres nefarious way of reading it is one pilot had another pilot locked out of the cockpit, doesnt allow him back in and brings the plane down or something happened to that pilot inside. Thats right. And if you look at what the New York Times is reporting, theres a calm pleasant conversation and then one pilot leaves the cockpit and then the supposed lockout happens. It could be nefarious, but i think the suggestion and more to agree that the pilot who remained inside the cockpit had some so ....
Germanwings flight 9525. Lets go to cologne, germany. Fred, what have you learned about the pilot . Reporter yeah good morning, guys. This comes from a relative of patrick zondeheimer. He confirmed to a cnn crew that met him there that indeed his relative Patrick Sondenheimer was the captain of the flight the man who attempted to get back into the cockpit after he was locked out by andreas lieu bits. He was described as a man with a lot of experience about 6,000 flying hours in total. Been with the company for ten years and we know his name is Patrick Sondenheimer. He is the man who attempted to get back into the cockpit. Fred youre from cologne, germany. You know a lot of the officials. There have been some new revelations coming to light that the copilot who Authorities Say crashed the plane had an illness ....
Guantanamo bay . All as part of this agreement with the taliban, they were swapped for Bowe Bergdahl who by the way, was promoted and received pay the entire time he was held captive by the taliban. So ive got ed lavandera, ive got barbara starr, theyve covered the bergdahl story extensively. Welcome back to the two of you. As we await this official statement from the army. Barbara let me just begin with you. Why dont we run through these initial charges and explain to me what this will mean for him. Well its very serious, brooke. Desertion. It doesnt really get more serious than that. But that may be a difficult charge to make. To make a charge of desertion, you have to have the evidence that the military person deliberately left his post and had no intention of returning. Intended never to come back to be potentially with enemy forces. This gets down to the essential question that we dont know the answer to did bergdahl absolutel ....