Prosecutor: German co-pilot hid illness from employer
Posted on AllSides March 27th, 2015
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The co-pilot blamed for deliberately crashing a German airliner into the Alps had concealed an illness from his employers and tore up a doctor's note that called for him to go on medical leave on the day of the tragedy, according to a statement from German prosecutors.
Police found the medical certificate and other documents during a search Thursday at the Dusseldorf apartment of Andreas Lubitz, the 27-year-old Germanwings co-pilot.
Germanwings said in a statement Friday that it had received no such sick leave note for the day of the...
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