prosecutors as saying that there are indications that the germanwings co-pilot in other words, andreas lubitz hid his illness from employers. we had heard earlier that there was a medical condition noted in his pilot's certificate, but that the latest here from german prosecutors would suggest that lubitz had been hiding his illness from employers. we don't have that confirmed yet, but it is the latest sign and it's attributed to german prosecutors. we'll keep across that for you, of course. >>> there's been a second night of air strikes by saudi-led coalition against houthi rebels in yemen. the raids targeted rebel military positions in urban centers in the east of the country. in an interview with the bbc's olick guerin the foreign minister has said that air strikes by this saudi-led coalition should come to an end as soon as possible. >> it's only things which we have been forced to request. because of what happens happening on the ground when the houthi rebels are using the airplanes to attack agents so the air strikes, i think if they can in the coming few days it will be stop. >> so you

as police seize a number of andreas lubitz's possessions, several planes plan to change their rules over leaving one person alone in the cockpit. >>> and i'm david eades in london. also coming up on the program, a second night of air strikes targets shia rebels in yemen, as the country's beleaguered president arrives in the saudi capital. >>> and italy's highest appeals court is to decide whether to uphold the guilty verdict against amanda knox and raffaele sollecito for the murder of british student, meredith kercher. >>> hello. thanks for joining us. german police have seized possessions, including a computer belonging to the co-pilot who apparently crashed his plane deliberately in the french alps killing all 150 people onboard. the police say they have clues, but they've given no details. what has emerged is that the pilot, andreas lubitz had to interrupt his flight training for psychological treatment which was believed to be for depression. >>> well as a recovery operation and investigations continue we can join tim willcox now, in the french

andreas lubitz, the co-pilot, may have caused this deliberately. the french prosecutor in charge of the case today said that is the most plausible explanation to what can be heard on the cockpit voice recorder. >> he activated the controls to start dissent. we have no explanation at the minute why he did that. reporter: but that can be analyze as his intention to destroy the plane. so here's what the voice recorder shows. for the first 20 minutes of flight all is normal. then the captain leaves, is thought to go to the toilet. that's when andreas lubitz grabbed the controls and began the dissent. lubitz ignored him, shouted and then started to batter the door down. the co-pilot could be heard breathing normally. >> the passengers didn't know what was happening until the last minute but we could hear the cries just minutes before the crash, before the impact on the ground. >> this is a tiny air land in the ryanland where his dreams were born and -- rhineland where his dreams were born and they couldn't believe he flew a plane into a mountainside. >>

aeronÁuticas en francia y policÍas alemanes tratan de establecer las causas que llevaron al joven piloto andreas lubitz deliberadamente un aviÓn comercial con 150 personas a bordo. grabaciones sugiere que lubitz se encerrÓ hasta hacer estrellar el aviÓn sobre los alpes franceses. vilma: los ojos de los investigadores estÁn en este hombre, andreas lubitz, quien ha sido seÑalado como posible responsable de que el aviÓn de germanwings se estrellara en los alpes franceses con 150 personas a bordo. las investigaciones aseguran que este hombre estrellÓ el aviÓn deliberadamente. Él aprovechÓ que el piloto saliÓ de la cabina y reprogramÓ el piloto automÁtico para que el aviÓn descendiera y despuÉs estrellarlo. cuando el piloto tratÓ de volver a la cabina, las grabaciones registraron los golpes a la puerta, al darse cuenta de que su compaÑero bloqueÓ la entrada. >> despuÉs de septiembre 11 los protocolos de seguridad a bordo de los aviones exigieron rigurosamente que cuando un copiloto se levanta para ir al baÑo, beber agua, el que queda tiene que cerrar la puerta con cerrojo, compraba Ø de seguridad. vilma: di

pablo: la policÍa apostada en la casa de andreas lubitz.certificados estaban rotos y con fecha del dÍa de la catÁstrofe, nos hace pensar que mantuvo oculta su enfermedad tanto a su empleador como sus colegas, dijo el procurador de justicia alemÁn. en ninguna de las dos viviendas que tenÍa, se encontrÓ alguna carta de despedida cuando que confirmara su actitud suicida. >> estoy en schok desde que escuche eso. pablo: ambos habÍan sobrevolado: la zona de los alpes franceses, donde el aviÓn impactÓ. >> yo no creo que haya elegido ese lugar porque ya lo conocÍa, serÍa demasiada coincidencia. pablo: Éste experto en temas psiquiÁtricos destaca que las personas que sufren esas enfermedades, pueden llegar a disimularlas. >> pero que no llega a exteriorizarse. pablo: aclara que no hay indicadores para medirlo. >> puede simular o apartar una anormalidad externa y el drama se vive en el plano Íntimo del estado anÍmico. pablo: muchos expertos aseguran que serÁ la justicia la que deberÁ determinar si a la aerolÍnea le cabe alguna responsabilidad por no h

we are learning more about this co-pilot andreas lubitz.a newspaper, he had a live-in girlfriend who worked as a school teacher not far from where he lived in dusseldorf about 30 minutes away from where i am right now. according to media reports here in germany and elsewhere, investigators have found a lot of prescription drugs inside of his apartment. in fact, "the new york times" is reporting that he may have suffered from a psycho somatic illness and he may have had vision problems but a german aviation source i spoke with said he was tested this past summer and passed his recertification test and that his vision was tested during that exam. louv lufthansa says it's hard to believe he had vision problems but a lot to learn here. one pilot who flew with him once before made an emotional announcement before takeoff and that has taken over social media. diana has more on this story. >> reporter: i'm in the town which is the town in german which lost 16 school children in that air crash and two pilots and there is a palm sunday mass in churc

the family home of andreas lubitz.are told deliberately crashed the plane. as you say, the question why. everybody desperate for clues and answers to give us an indication of the normal and happy young man would do such a thing. police searching residences and today, they said they have taken what may be evidence which may contribute to the investigation from these two residences. some bags were taken from the home behind me here and boxing from the dusseldorf apartment. maybe some clues there, but in the meantime waiting and scouring and the investigation to look through his past. from what we heard from local people here, a polite and friendly young man. well liked by colleagues at the local flying club. he was excited about the career as a pilot. everything is pointing to a normal man. nothing pointing to a man who would do something like this and searching for an explanation. >> a lot of attention paid to a break he took in training long before he worked for lufthansa. do we know anything about that? >> reporter: w

his name andreas lubitz. he was just 27. >> and according to flight transponder date a&e reprogrammed the plane's autopilot and changed the altitude from 38,000 feet to just 100 feet. the jet then crashed into a mountain about ten minutes later. >> in the french alps search crews have yet to find the plane's flight data recorder. they are battling steep terrain and swirling winds as they try to recover human remains. very few have been recovered. >> the big question for investigators and really everyone looking at this case, trying to figure out a clear picture of exactly who andreas lubitz was. they just recently searched his apartment in dusseldorf on thursday. >> they are also looking for clues in his parents' home in the town he used to hang out we're told when he was a bit younger at a gliding club. diana mag nay has more for us. >> reporter: the house where andreas lubitz's parents live in the german town of montabaur shuttered and guarded by police. investigators the only ones granted access. we were t

we are right outside of andreas lubitz's apartment in dusseldorf germany. these officers came in plain clothes. they were inside for about an hour and a half as i point out, and they walked out, at least one of them was carrying a big box, possibly of even more evidence. there were papers in that box. we don't know exactly what was in there but what we do know is they made that discovery here yesterday. the ripped-up medical note that rene talked about, among other notes that he apparently didn't share with his employer and we also today went to a medical clinic where he apparently visited as recently as march 10th. this medical clinic the dusseldorf university hospital released a statement today saying that he had been there twice in february and in march, but that he was not treated there for depression. the prosecutor's office today would not specify whether his illness was physical or mental. despite these media reports that he was being treated for depression. so that does still remain a mystery. cnn has been speaking to people who knew lubitz. we have

andreas lubitz was in psychotherapy for a long period before earning his pilot's licence. >> reporter: the news that prosecutors in dusseldorf confirmed that at one point andreas lubitz suffered suicidal tendencies is confirmation of something that the media in germany speculated about for some time. we had known that mr andreas lubitz suffered a bout of depression in 2009 for which he received treatment. now we know at that point he was experiencing suicidal tendencies. that is important because his company, germanwings, and its parent company, lufthansa, stressed that andreas lubitz went through assessments - physical and mental - and passed them, and they considered him to be 100%able to take control of the plane. we know he took control of the plane, locked out his captain, and plunged that plane into a fatal dive into the alps coming at a time when the french president francis hollande will get angela merkel in berlin obviously to talk about this issue amongst others. francis hollande was the first world leader to talk about this disaster confirming there had been fatalities on t

>> reporter: erin it's becoming increasingly clear that andreas lubitz went to great lengths to hide his mental illness from lufthansa. just this past summer lubitz had to fill out a questionnaire as part of a recertification exam that every pilot must go through every year. a few questions on this questionnaire. do you have any vision problems? are you taking any medications? have you ever attempted suicide? do you have any psychological psychiatric or neurological diseases? if anything that he put on there was a red flag then the aviation doctor would have had to alert lufthansa. lufthansa said they didn't get any indication nothing was brought to tlearheir attention that he had any problems. it's up to him to self-report. we learned that he went to an eye doctor for vision problems and it turned out, according to a source this doctor diagnosed him with a psychosomatic order. we don't know when that happened in relation to this questionnaire filled out this past summer. the prosecutor said that he was suicidal before he became a pilot and continued to seek psychotherapy treatment af

. >> we're getting in this first look at pilot. 28-year-old andreas lubitz. german newspapers reporting this is a picture of him from social media. john, to lester's point this is an issue of mass murder. we can look at issues of training and how long he had worked for this particular airline, and if he was trained, in fact here in arizona, but it's also the question of mental health. what was this person's mental state of mind and how often are crew members especially pilots and co-pilots, screened for any potential health problem here? >> well two things come -- are relevant here. one is this is a very established and old proven training program. lufthansa has been training people this way literally for decade, and it's proven to be very, very effective, so the training program i think we're going to find to be well established and of very very high quality. the screening process for candidates entering that is very intense, very rigorous and not only that while people are in the training program they are constantly evaluated. one thing that you're asking a

increasingly it seems that andreas lubitz had a secret he was determined to hide. s employer say they did not know. the flying club, no one guessed. we learned today mr. lubitz had flown over the crash site before in his glider. it was an area that the young pilot knew well. i'm in shock, he says. it's impossible to understand. but that is what roberts family is trying to do. father of two was on a business trip. >> i don't feel angry. i feel for the pilot's parents. i cannot imagine what they are going through. reporter: tears today for the 16 schoolchildren killed in the crash. the country's greve has been described as a measurable. that this could have been deliberately caused by a german is hard to bear. anchor: love times a, the owner of -- move tons a bash leptons a, the owner of germanwings says they will now have two pilots in the cockpit at all times. we report now on the safety concerns raised. reporter: is there any way to stop this from happening again? being a pilot is one of the most responsible job you have, but how do they check? it seems that lubitz

carol. >>> reporting live this morning, frederik pleitgen thank you. >>> information about andreas lubitz this showing him smileing and light hardy in conflict with other depression concerns. it is not known when this video was snapped, but know it was about 10 years ago, showing lubitz as a teenager in a glide glider. members of that club said he was a fixture there and seemed like a normal teenager nurtureing his passion for flight. today, his family agonizes what went so terribly wrong. why would he intentionally fly an airliner into a mountainside. >> translator: he's a man in deep distress. i get the impression he's taken on his own shoulder es esresponsibility for this dangerous through his son who committed this action. can tell you this is a man who's life is totally broken. he had so much emotion in him. he went on his knees many times before the monument. it was unbearable for him. that was my feeling. he was carrying the disaster on his shoulders and in part responsibility. >> much of the investigation is focused on lubitz' health both physical and mental. bit by bit a troubled

brendan: investigators in germany trying to learn why andreas lubitz decided to crash the germanwingsnto a mountain. he took 149 people to their deaths with him. lubitz was copilot of the jet that crashed, investigators believe he locked the other pilot out of the cockpit and intentionally crash the plane. officials searching for clues about his emotional state. >> we have searched the apartment for clues and other indications as to why the pilot could have done the deed. brendan: the airline is setting up a family assistance center in marseille for relatives. some relatives held a religious service near the crash site. egyptian officials saying an invasion of yemen is in the planning stages. planes from saudi arabia are bombing shia rebels in yemen. the rebels are backed by iran. the plan to form a strike force expected to get the ok of the arab league tomorrow. the fighting is turning into a proxy war between saudi arabia and iran. yemen's president is taking refuge in saudi arabia. the rebels are storming south. american airstrikes are helping and hurting the operation to retake ti

. >> officials say that andreas lubitz had a medical condition that deemed him unfit to work and he was keeping it secret, they found medical leave notes that he had ripped up including one from the day of the crash. l listen to this. >> we have found a letter that indicated that he was declared by a medical doctor unfit to work, that were found slashed in the dustbin. so we have reason to believe that he hid his illness. >> and what we don't know yet is what kind of illness that lubitz was dealing with. he did not leave any final note or letter. and you are seeing the evidence taken out of his homes, but investigators did search the homes, and removing papers that may reveal more about why he dleliberately flew the plane ino the french alps. but meanwhile, lufthansa and other airlines announced a immediate change in policy announcing a two-person rule in the cockpit. other airlines have that rule in place. and uncovering the fast-moving stories, we have reporters in all of the key places in france and germany, and including outside of the co-pilot's apartment, but we want to go to fred

his natural beauty and not remembered for the actions of one man, a reference to the co-pilot andreas lubitzaccused of crashing the plane into the mountainside. lubitz's only family was here on thursday according to the local mayor. the local mayor said he was so pained to see lubitz's father, the grief on his face, that he is struggling to understand, not only the reality that his son is gone, but that his son is allegedly responsible for this horrific incident. he said that the family was shattered. victor? >> erin, the weather presented some challenges early on in this effort. quickly, how is the weather today? >> reporter: so far, the weather seems to be holding. they are only having to fly two choppers this weekend as opposed to the five. the weather conditions, when they are windy, they need actually more choppers in the sky so it certainly seems to be helping the situation. but conditions on that crash site are treacherous. it's deep and it's dangerous. security is a concern for those workers. we spoke to one pilot who flies over the site and he said they really feel this is their dut

lupus -- andrea's lubitz they -- the andreas lubitz they knew was a quiet man. >> i am speechless. having known on dress -- kownnown andreas, i am speechless that he would have done something like this. reporter: the search has only just begun. sumi: for more, we bring in tim van beveren from berlin. what do you make of what we heard french authorities say that the copilot deliberately put this plane into a dissent? -- descent? does that sound like a likely scenario from your experience? tim: it is a scenario that could be taken into account, but i think that the evidence supporting such a claim is not sufficient at this point in time. remember, we have a thing which is scattered over a huge area in the mountains -- mountainous terrain. we have not found the second black box yet, which will give us first indications if the airplane was actually really in a fully operational mode or if there was any problem. and all that is now claimed is just based on the interpretation of un-argued -- of a tape. it is not analysis. it is an interpretation by a prosecutor, criminal prosecutor. so -

investigators, of course, are trying to get a clearer picture of who co-pilot andreas lubitz was. they searched his apartment in dusseldorf thursday. we learn more from our correspondent in germany. >> reporter: the house where andreas lubitz's parents live, shuttered and guarded by police. investigators, the only ones granted access. we were hold the grandparents lived in this nearby house, but they're unwilling to speak about the man french prosecutors say may have deliberately crashed flight 9525. i ask if they're relatives? no, thank god we're not, getting into a police car. we're just trying to get away. but guiding was clearly a young passion for the young lubitz. at the ages of 12 and 14, lubitz was a regular fixture here, where a senior member described him as a regular kind of teenager, one who was committed to following his dream. a very normal young person full of energy, he says. he made his hobby into his job. what more can you hope to achieve? germanwings said lubitz had 630 hours of flight time behind him. that he trained at the lufthansa academy. but lufthansa's ce

when the captain steps out andreas lubitz sends the plane into a long accident. he decent. he is not the type of guy who would try to kill other people said a neighbor where andreas lubitz lived with his parents. he began his flight training in 2008 part in the u.s. near phoenix. several international airlines are making changes matching u.s. policy requiring two in the cockpit at all times. the horrific crash raising questions about the design of locked cockpit doors. >> it was done with good logic but we'll have to take another look at this. >> reporter: andreas lubitz's friends and colleagues described him as cheerful, but some told german media he had been suffering from depression. >> philadelphia police are looking for a suspect who broke into a woman's home and tried to rape her. police released this sketch of the man they are looking for. he broke into the the home in point breeze section through the front window he demanded money and choked and tried to sexually assault the woman inside. if you know the man call police right away. >>> coming up you new video you di

he's 28-year-old german national andreas lubitz.n activated the plane's descent when he was alone at the controls. the ceo of lufthansa says the co-pilot was 100% fit to fly, also adding that he, the ceo, is speechless that this guys appears to have deliberately crashed the plane. richard, you know this industry so well. you've got the big question of why. let's start with what exactly we can know and what will be knowable, if you will. where does the investigation go down with all of this startling information that came out today? >> you're going to need to understand the actual tick tok of events from the moment the captain leaves the cockpit, you want to know what happened. we know from what the prosecutor said, he leaves the cockpit and lubitz initiates the descent by turning the auto pilot from 38,000 to 100 feet. at that point, the captain obviously tries to go back into the cockpit. we do not know if he used the override procedure. >> is it because he may not have time to? >> we just don't know. the ceo of lufthansa was speci

there are also some new reports on the medical condition of co-pilot andreas lubitz. ical problems for lubitz. recovery efforts and search for the flight data recorder continue. >>> to air canada now. a flight skidded off the runway early this morning as it attempted to land in heavy snow at the international airport in nova scotia. that plane was carrying 133 passengers and 5 crew members. here's how one passenger described what happened. >> we were coming into land. there was a big flash. there was guys on that side of the airplane who said we cut off a power pole. that's what took all the power out in the airport. when that happened the plane just came down and went bang. >> at least 25 people were taken to local hospitals. only one of them remains hospitalized at this hour. >>> in other developing news less than three days left for the negotiators in switzerland to accomplish what has vexed the international community for more than a decade a nuclear deal with iran. joining me now from the talks in switzerland is nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea

and they are also asking what we know about andreas lubitz.allen pizzey went to his home town. >> reporter: there are few clues as to why andreas lubitz apparently took his own life and 149 others with him. lufthansa c.e.o. carsten spohr said he was as shocked as everyone else. "he was 100% air worthy without any restrictions "" spohr said. he had not only fulfilled all the medical tests but flight training. lubitz began training at this club in his home town of montabaur when he was a teenager. he was taught to fly gliders by the club president. "a totally normal young man full of life, very confident. that's how i know him." he loved flying and began airflight training in 2008. he took a break of several months which spohr said was not unusual, although he provided no further details. like most lufthansa pilots lubitz spent five months at the airline's flight training center in phoenix, arizona in 2010 and was certified to fly in the u.s. in 2013, he joined germanwings and spent several months working as a flight attendant before qualifying

tonight, investigators are digging into the background of 28-year-old german native andreas lubitz the man who authorities say deliberately crashed flight 9525 into the french alps. the ceo of lufthansa says lubitz was an experienced pilot with more than 600 hours of flight experience a good record. >> he was 100% fit to fly without restrictions. his flight performance was perfect. there was nothing to worry about. >> reporter: lubitz passed his initial medical screening but the lufthansa ceo said the airline does not do ongoing psychological testing, leaving open the possibility something could have changed after lubitz began his job at germanwings in 2013. the ceo also raised questions when he said lubitz had at one point quote, interrupted his training for several months in 2008. he wouldn't explain why, but said lubitz eventually completed his training. >> translator: they went to the aviation school in phoenix, arizona. they underwent training there. there was an interruption with regard to the training and after, then the candidate managed to go through. he continued his training

andreas lubitz was in therapy up until the crash. motive is unclear, they are searching for clues, including the flight data recorder. they are building an access road and recover bodies and plane debris. 150 people on board were killed in the crash. dominik kane has the update. >> the news that prosecutors in dusseldorf confirmed that at one point in his career andreas lubitz suffered suicidal tendencies is confirmation of something that the media speculated about. we knew he suffered a bout of depression in 2009 for which he received treatment. at that point he experienced suicidal tendencies. that is important because germanwings, and lufthansa have stressed that mr andreas lubitz went through assessment physical and mental tests and passed them, and they considered him to be 100%able to take the controls of the plane. we know he took the controls, locked out the captain and plunged it into a dive into the alps coming at a time when francis hollande will meet german chancellor angela merkel in berlin to talk about this among other

. >>> german prosecutors have found doctor notes excusing andreas lubitz from work ton day he flew his plane into the french alps. dominic kane reports from lubitz home town of montevar in germany. >> a president pays his respects. germany's head of state joins hundreds of people in this church at haltern. killed in the french alps as they returned from a school trip to spain. >> translator: i came out of the church in the midst of people who have lost the most precious thing to them, a child a loved one. i sat among the crowd and heard the sobbing of people who mourn their loss and i wanted to mourn with them. >> reporter: in germany many people are struggling to understand why andreas lubitz flew the plane into the mountain side on purpose. he suffered a serious bout of depression in 2009 for which he received treatment and now prosecutors say they found important evidence in his parents house and in dusseldorf which shed more light on his mental state. >> medical documents were confiscated pointing towards existing illness and corresponding treatment by doctors. the fact there were

that co- pilot has now been identified as 27-year-old german national andreas lubitz. e mystery remains why. german police searching lubitz's homes. the family home and current residence for clues. the fbi announcing it will help the french authorities in the investigation. i want to bring in

you are learning some new information about the pilot, andreas lubitz. tell us what you are hearing. >> reporter: hi wolf. thanks for having me on the program. what i have been hearing from sources i spoke to today is that the documents that the police and investigators found in mr. lubitz's apartment draw a picture that show that he has been in medical treatment for some time that he has been treated for psychological problems and that he has not informed his employer germanwings or lufthansa, about this situation. >> what kind of psychological problems are you learning? >> reporter: well this is where it gets a little murky because it's not legal for most of these people to be disclosing this kind of confidential information about his medical treatments. you know people have spoken about depression and psychological issues but have not been very specific about exactly what he was being treated for. >> that hospital in dusseldorf that clinic he was treated there recently they are specifically saying that he wasn't being treated for depression but you ar

investigators are slowly piecing together a profile of andreas lubitz. he was 27 years old and friends say he was nice and adjust and physically active running marathons and working out. he had been treated for depression, and may have gone through a break-up recently. and today, the prosecutor said that he hid his illness from the airline. >> we have found a letter that indicated that he was declared by a medical doctor unfit to work. >> there is a whole lot to discuss with this and let's bring in our psychologist javier who is from the leapier institute and also david soucie and richard quest and and this is for you, dr. debbie, he was declared by a medical doctor to be unfit to work, and this is the language that is unclear whether it is physical or psychological, and medically, is there something that you could be declared unfit to work? >> yes, a variety. and we look at the job and the time the frame, and whether it is temporary or permanent. for me as a physician, if i werer to break my right hand i could not work in terms of operating, but it does

he stresses there's no evidence that andreas lubitz was suicidal right before last week's crash. >>> prosecutors also say lubitz recently sought treatment for a vision problem. >> the doctor said that was probably psychosomatic. randi kaye with more on that and the earlier warning signs. >> reporter: there have long been signs of trouble. as recently as this february and again this month, co-pilot andreas lubitz had visited a clinic in dusseldorf for a diagnostic evaluation. several years back in 2009, lubitz reportedly suffered a serious depressive episode and received psychotherapy. >> had at that time been in treatment with a psychotherapist because of what is documented as being suicidal. >> reporter: around then lubitz told another doctor he was stressed out about his job. the newspaper reports flight instructors found him not suitable for flying. he reportedly had to repeat pilot training, so he took a job as a flight attendant. turns out lubitz may have this two women in his l. one, a flight attendant with whom we had had a short fling, and another, his long-time girlfriend. "t

when he was locked out by andreas lubitz.eone of their main things failures in detecting psychological patterns that might have contributed to this crash as well. alisyn? >> fred thanks so much for that update. >>> well indiana governor mike pence doing major damage control over the state's new religious freedom law. pence took to the "wall street journal" to try to clarify his position writing that the law has been quote grossly misconstrued as a license to discriminate. people in the state's capital waking up to this powerful editorial in the "indianapolis star" calling on the governor to fix this now. cnn's rosa flores is live in indianapolis with the latest. >> good morning you know we are days away from the final four. and the attention shifting from the game to the republican game plan. to change the language of the rfra law. i can tell you i spoke to the speaker of the house. he tells me they're working overtime to change the language by the end of this week. >> this law is not intended to discriminate. we have great r

complete. >> meantime, in germany investigators have been combing through the apartment of co-pilot andreas lubitzcal paper is reporting that lubitz had been treated for mental illness. >> our panel this morning, pamela brown in cologne, germany, with us cnn aviation analyst and former boeing captain les abend, and dr. lisa van susteren. >> we have several questions submitted on twitter. first up, it's required for military and government agency personnel to pass polygraph tests, can the same standard be mandatory for pilots? brian, let's have you answer that. >> well, i think that that's going to be a question that will be scrutinized as a result of this tragedy, and you'll have to just balance privacy concerns with some of the safety issues that are there as to what heightened evaluation and monitoring processes will be required. we've heard a lot of discussion in the last day about what's in place presently. i think one thing that's noteworthy is that presently the faa, for example, once the red flag goes up will require psychiatric and psychological evaluations to be done. i think the question

cnn's rosie thompkins is in montabaur, germany, which is the hometown of andreas lubitz. obviously it has to be an extraordinarily difficult time obviously for family members but for all those who knew this young man. rosie, are investigators -- have they finished the search of his family's house, of his property there? obviously we're having a problem getting in touch with rosie. we'll check back in with her. the german prosecutor spoke a short time ago. i want to bring our panel in this morning. flight instructor former pilot for northwest airlines scott miller. former managing director for the ntsb peter goelz and miles o'brien. miles, it will be very interesting to see, again, how much the employer actually knew about any medical condition that this co-pilot had. clearly it seems he was trying to hide it from the employer according to the prosecutor. >> yes. really frankly, probably more common than we'd like to think. generally, you know pilots of course in the u.s. and i believe in europe as welling have to have twice annual medical exams in order to receive their f

as recently as this february and again this month, co-pilot andreas lubitz had visited a clinic in dusseldorf for a diagnostic evaluation. several years back in 2009, lubitz suffered a serious depressive episode and received psychotherapy. >> he had at that time been in treatment of a psycho therapist because of what is documented as being suicide. >> reporter: around then lubitz told another doctor he was burned out, vesed about his job. "bild" newspaper also says that his flight instructors said he was not suitable for trying. turns out, lubitz had two women in his life, one a flight attendant with whom he had a short fling, and his long-time girlfriend. he met his girlfriend while working at burger king. they knocked down any idea that he was having problems with his girlfriend or that she was pregnant. why would he crash his plane? his ex-girlfriend, the flight attendant said he talked about doing something that would change the whole system and after that all would know his name and remember it. before the crash he was having trouble with his vision. cnn has learned an eye doctor found h

it appears even in the early stages of the flight andreas lubitz the copilot was setting his captain patrick sonderheimer up to leave the cockpit. sonderheimer said he forgot to go to the bathroom in barcelona. lubitz says you can go anytime. they reached cruising altitude sonderheimer does leave the cockpit. his chair can be heard going back and he leaves the cockpit. that is when the chilling moments of the transcript start. we are 10:29 local time in the air. air traffic radar detects the plane descending. three minutes later, control attempts to get in touch with the plane, but no answer. at the same time the alarm goes off in the cockpit saying sink rate. that indicates the plane is going down quickly. shortly after that a loud bang on the door which is sonderheimer knocking on the door saying for god's sake open the door. the passengers can be heard screaming. at 10:35, a loud metallic bang on the door. that is apparently sonderheimer frantically attempting to get back into the cockpit. 90 seconds later, another warning inside the cockpit saying terrain, pull up. we are in very

doctors excusing andreas lubitz from work, suspicion that lubitz was hiding an illness before a crash killed hundreds of people. >>> yemeni president abd rabbu mansour hadi has arrived at a summit from the middle east, miami hannah reports. mike han hannah reports. >> rebel houthi forces have seized the capital sanaa and advancing on the port city aden. arab coalition is carrying out the campaign, describing the actions of the houthis as a threat to the security. yemen's leader, abd rabbu mansour hadi sought refuge in re yad. in riyadh. rapid intervention in the region the secretary-general of the arab league has been tasked with the next month. two rival governments allied to armed factions are competing for power. and linked to this in the minds of arab leaders is the rise of the self-declared islamic state of iraq and the levant. or i.s.i.l. which is continuing to carry out armed campaigns in iraq and syria while threatening destabilization in a number of other states. most importantly though for arab leadership is to continue healing the divisions that emerged in the organization

. >> the news that prosecutors in dusseldorf confirmed at one point in his career andreas lubitz sufferedcidal tendencies is confirmation that the media had speculated about it for some time. we had known that he suffered depression in 2009. at this point he was experiencing suicidal tendencies. that is important because his company, germanwings, and its parent company, looust -- lufthansa stressed that mr andreas lubitz went through mental and fizz achal tests and -- physical tests and they considered him 100%able to take control of the plane. we know he took control of the plane, locked out the captain and we know about the fatal dive into the alps. it comes at a time when francis hollande will meet german chancellor angela merkel in berlin to talk about this mission. francis hollande was the first world leader to talk about the disaster confirming there were fatalities on the day of the accident on tuesday of last week. we know also that there'll be a memorial in cologne, the city that is the base for germanwings, on april 17th. the german chancellor angela merkel and the president of

andreas lubitz says nothing but is heard breathing.es the last sound heard is the passenger screaming. why andreas lubitz is believed to have piloted the plane in to the ground german authorities have only said it was a intentional and he had an illness. reports unconfirmed by abc say andreas lubitz was severely depressed, had medication for a psycho somatic illness and sought treatment for problems with his vision, a potential career-ending condition. there are hopes today the german authorities may reveal the exact nature of andreas lubitz's illness. in the meantime german newspapers printing a full-page letter from the lufthansa group offering condolences to the loved ones of the 150 people who died. alexander marquardt, abc news germany. >>> a plane in halifax crash landed in a snowstorm more than 1,000 feet short of the runway. this is what the a320 looks like after slamming in to a bank of antennas and skidding on its belly for about 30 seconds. the landing gear and nose come ripped off a wing and engine left mangled. two dozen p

little is known about andreas lubitz. he had over 600 fly experience and had no terrorist background. >> we are shocked and sad. in our worst nightmares we would never have imagined such a tragedy in our group. air bus, the makers of the a320 said there were situations when the crew entered the cockpit. seen here, an emergency access pin can open the door not if access is denied by the pilot inside. germany's parliament held a moment's silence. later the german chancellor angela merkel expressed her success. today's news is a blow to the relatives of the victims. in the dark days we think of them. recovery teams will resume their work at sun rise. this disaster shook the aviation industry, and some airlines are changing procedures to make sure that two crew members are in the cockpit at all times, a rule that could have saved flight 9525 and its passengers >>> the home of the co-pilot was searched by investigators, trying to find clues as to why he may have crashed the plane. officers were seen carrying evidence out of an

investigators are confirming that they did in fact find a sick leave certificate for co-pilot andreas lubitztment. it describes lubitz quote, unfit to work for several days including the day of the crash. the airline however says it never received such notice. meanwhile, nbc news also learned germanwings pilots are only evaluated psych logically once upon hiring. they are retested every six months on both medical and technical proficiency. could additional psychological evaluations have prevented this tragedy from happening? that's a question we're asking francis, back now with a look at what those tests could potentially look like. this is the question that folks have been asking now for at least two days. >> without a doubt and what they find may change what's recommends as far as what airlines or procedures in the future. in the united states airline pilots are only subject to medical evaluations. pilots must be checked out to be certified to fly. that is done by the aviation medical examiner and then the certification is renewed annual annually if the pilot is under 40 years of age and e

german authorities are sharply focused on who cleared andreas lubitz physically and mentally to fly. an aviation official tells us he passed his flight physical last summer. but some say the co-pilot was hiding a mental illness from his bosses. ♪ also at a cathedral in a french town near the crash site church leaders paid tribute to the victims, 150 people on board that airbus 320. will ripley joins me from colon, germany, the headquarters of lufthansa, the parent company of germanwings. will i know you have new information coming out about what investigators have found inside andreas lubitz's apartment. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah. there are several reports that are coming out right now, poppy. a prominent german newspaper here copping out with a startling revelation that investigators found evidence of severe psychological problems including medications to treat those psychological problems in the apartment of the 27-year-old co-pilot andreas lubitz. now, specifically according to "the new york times," these were antidepressant medications. and we saw yesterday when we

however, of course andreas lubitz does not do that. then at around 5,000 meters in altitude a warning goes off in the cockpit saying "pull up terrain." that of course because the plane is descending towards the mountains that are pretty high and realizes that it's not in a landing configuration. so not ready to land at all. shortly after that again, a metallic banging sound is heard on the door as though possibly the captain is trying to knock the door down. at that point he says "open the goddamn door!" then at 10:40 local time what happens is the investigators say they believe they hear the sound of most probably the right wing scraping over a mountaintop, shortly after that the passengers in the cabin can be heard screaming, and that is when this recording ends. it's very chilling details. of course, we cannot independent independently verify the authenticity of what we hear there. the french investigators in charge of all this the bae says it's dismayed that anything like this could be leaked. brianna? >> certainly very unusual. al

and prosecutors have been sifting through the apartment of co-pilot andreas lubitz.e down deliberately killing all 150 people on board. we go to germany right now where cnn's senior international correspondent frederik pleitgen is tracking all of the newest information. what more do we know about the captain, patrick sondenheimer? >> reporte