Captain of crashed plane shouted 'open the damn door'

"German police found a number “of medicines for the treatment of psychological illness” during a search at his Duesseldorf home, newspaper Welt am Sonntag weekly said, quoting an unnamed high-ranking investigator as saying he’d been treated by several neurologists and psychiatrists."

I guess Novenchama and Strangerland had better come on here and defend the man as innocent of any wrongdoing and say that it was mental illness that killed these people; the co-pilot was innocent. If they stand behind their arguments about mental illness and people who commit crimes.

Precious Lives Lost flying by Low Cost Carrier. very sad conclusion, Too late to blame co-pilot. RIP.

Sadly, it's not the first time, and odds are not the last. But, from such tragedies lessons are learned that lead to safer air travel.

some14some: i fail to see how the carrier is at fault. this could happen with Lufthansa as well.

it seems like you don't understand the underlying problem.

Precious Lives Lost flying by Low Cost Carrier. very sad conclusion, Too late to blame co-pilot. RIP.

I didn't know planes flew themselves. Thanks for enlightening us.

No: This must be BUSH's fault, somehow.

Time for Europe to make mandatory to always be there 2 people in the cockpit. If a pilot leaves, another staff has to step in. It's already a policy in the US and other European airlines. It won't prevent every crisis, but it sure would help, like this case.