Police search Lubitz's two former homes in hunt for clues
Police have searched the homes of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz in two German cities in the hunt for an explanation for why he may have crashed a passenger plane into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
German tabloid Bild reported today that Lubitz had a “serious depressive episode” six years ago and that a medical problem was noted in aviation records.
The Federal Aviation Office was not immediately available for comment.
French investigators believe the 27-year-old locked himself inside the cockpit and then intentionally smashed the Germanwings Airbus A320 plane into a mountainside.
Dusseldorf police spokeswoman Susanna Heusgen said “no crucial piece of evidence has been found yet” after the searches in Dusseldorf and Montabaur.
Dusseldorf prosecutors said they plan to release an update later today.
