Airline knew Germanwings co-pilot had 'episode of severe depression'

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The co-pilot of the flight that crashed into the French Alps last week had told Lufthansa's flight school in 2009 that he had suffered from a "previous episode of severe depression," the airline said in a statement Tuesday.

The co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, later completed his training and received a medical certificate confirming his ability to fly, Lufthansa said. Lufthansa is the parent company of the budget airline Germanwings, whose Flight 9525 was destroyed after Lubitz allegedly rammed the plane into a mountainside one week ago.

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