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Andreas Lubitz: Torn-up sick note and 'mystery illness' raise more questions about co-pilot

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German President attends memorial service for students killed in Alpine plane crash

Teenagers and parents from the grief-stricken town of Haltern am See have been joined by Germany’s president at a memorial service for the 16 pupils

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Germanwings plane crash explanation stuns Europe

Grieving loved ones were taken close to the site in the southern French Alps where 150 people were killed in the tragic crash of a Germanwings Airbus

France

Germanwings co-pilot hid illness from employers

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Andreas Lubitz: Torn-up sick note for day of crash is found at home of Germanwings co-pilot

A torn-up sick note has been found showing that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was unfit for work on the day he is thought to have deliberately

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The unenviable task of sorting scattered fragments of ill-fated Germanwings jet

France

Alpine plane crash: The difficult and dangerous task facing recovery teams

New footage released by the French government has revealed the full scale of the task facing recovery teams scouring the Alpine crash site of the

France

Germanwings crash: Andreas Lubitz 'received treatment for depression'

The co-pilot believed to have deliberately crashed Germanwings flight 9525 reportedly received psychiatric treatment for a 'serious depressive episode.'

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From pet lions to vegan wine, 'straight' lemonade to a 'suicide song': we've put together some of the stories you may have missed from around the globe.

France

German police remove items from flight 9525 co-pilot's homes

Police in the German town of Montabaur have searched the home belonging to the parents of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot who apparently locked himself

France

Germanwings crash dominates conversation in Seyne les Alpes

The Germanwings crash will long be remembered in Seyne les Alpes, which is close to where the plane went down. It is a disaster that is dominating

Germany

Merkel calls 'non-accidental' Germanwings crash 'a terrible burden'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel responded to France’s official findings taken from the voice recorder of Germanwings flight 4U9525 with a brief

Germany

Amazement in the hometown of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz

In Montabaur, between Frankfurt and Bonne, people reacted at the flight club that Andreas Lubitz belonged to.

France

Germanwings crash: Seyne les Alpes residents offer to host victims' relatives

Residents of Seyne les Alpes are showing their solidarity with relatives of those killed in the Germanwings crash by offering free accommodation

Germany

Lufthansa expresses shock but calls Germanwings tragedy an "isolated incident"

Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, says it is shocked by the news the co-pilot seems to have crashed the plane deliberately. It says it

Germany

Cockpit lockout proves horrifying factor in Germanwings deaths

Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the US, using hijacked planes, reinforced security has crucially included the cockpit — with

Germany

Haltern observes minute's silence for school victims of Germanwings crash

The German town of Haltern am See has paid tribute to the victims of Germanwings Flight 4U9525. At the Joseph-Koenig High School which lost 16 of its

France

Prosecutors believe co-pilot deliberately flew Germanwings jet into mountain

Marseille prosecutor says co-pilot of ill-fated Germanwings jet put A320 into descent with captain locked outside cockpit

Germany

Investigators probe Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's background

The 28-year-old German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz lived with his parents at Montabaur, between Frankfurt and Bonn, according to the town’s mayor. Police

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Tears as staff pay tribute to victims of Germanwings plane crash