on the one hand psychosomatic issues he had.ne of the biggest publications here in germany is saying he was suffering from depression but also suffering from burnout is a related thing but a special kind of depression and they also say that large amounts of prescription drugs were found inside of his apartment. not exactly clear what that is, whether it's sleeping pills or something else or some sort of anti-depressants but we do know from the prosecutor that he was hiding these things from his employer. and it's interesting. because they came out saying they knew nothing about this and said he passed a physical in the summer of 2014 and say if he had any trouble with his vision they probably would have found that out at this point. if this was a big medical crisis he was going through they would have seen this if he had trouble with his vision. they said they never got any word from him that he was suffering from any court of depression-related issues. as you found out, he would have had to tell them. >> reporter: he would have

explain psychosomatic illness and what types of drugs could be used to treat it. >> talking about psychosomaticout an illness that when you evaluate the person medically you don't see particular signs of it. it is so subjective it's what the person is experiencing and it's based on the stretsz level that they may be having. >> so that could explain why he would pass this physical examination in 2014. >> exactly. he'll say i feel pain in my shoulder i feel body aches or headaches or stomach aches or even something we call a convertings disorder which is close to a psychosomatic illness, part of it not being able to see well. all of that possibly all of that comes from this psychosomatic. so he experiences it. for him, it's real. but when you check medically you don't see anything wrong. >> so are there drugs that he would take to treat this? because the investigators say they found some antidepressant drugs in his apartment. >> with the antitrust drugs, certainly you treat depression but you can also treat the anxiety as well as the depression that is part of the stressor. so it's almost palliat

that he was being treated for vision problems possibly psychosomatic in nature. investigators believe he was once suicidal yet he still got a job flying. he once made chilling remarks to an ex-girlfriend about doing something that everyone would remember him for. there's all that plus the horrific details from what appears to be a leaked transcript of the airbus voice cockpit reporter that the passengers had to live through eight minutes of shear terror before the plane hit the mountain. all of that coming up tonight. >>> first, pamela brown in dusseldorf germany, with the latest. >> reporter: a young andreas lubitz laughing behind the controls of a glider plane. now said to have been suicidal before he ever got his commercial pilot's license. >> had been at that time in treatment of a psychotherapist. >> reporter: more recently a source tells cnn, lubitz went to an eye doctor complaining of vision problems. but the doctor found nothing wrong with his eyes. diagnosing him with a psychosomatic disorder. it was apparently all in his head. the source says lubitz als

he had a psychosomatic illness. again, alleged which tells me that this was someone who had some real emotional issues that perhaps were manifested not just in his mind but went throughout his body, which is why they couldn't find evidence of this illness because he manufactured it from his own level of stress. so this was someone, alison, who was really suffering in private but then had that shield, had that persona where he could interact with others in order to keep them from knowing the demons that he was dealing with psychologically. >> we heard a record from "the bild" that the co-pilot, andreas lubitz, his girlfriend said he seemed happy and troubled. what does this say about his mental health overall? >> it tells me this is someone who was probably struggling to maintain his sanity. he knew that there was something that was wrong. he didn't want people to know it, especially his employer. as one of your reporters stated, perhaps this problem with his vision was part of this psychosomatic illness that he had

so many people have been talking about the fact all of this may have been due to psychosomatic reasons. they are citing investigators that apparently they have started to zero in on the main motive, possibly being that andreas lubitz was afraid to lose his fitness to fly certification because of the psychosomatic problems he had. that is not necessarily the only assumption that the investigators are working on or the theory they are following, but it seems right now, that is one of the things they are zeroing in on. that of course meshes with the reporting that we had. that he was still seeing a doctor up until the date when he flew that plane into the mountain. also he had the sick notes that he tore up in order to hide all of this from his employer. germanwings and lufthansa said he passed the latest physical exam to fly and no indication of mental problems. they keep saying it would have been on him to tell them that he was seeing a doctor for all of this and the doctor deemed him unfit to fly. he did not do that. in the days after the accident, lufthansa said he had been 100% fit t

doctors told him it was psychosomatic. what does that mean?ell that refers to an interaction between the mind which we call the psyche and the body which we call soma. and a psychosomatic problem occurs between the mind and the body. so a good example would be something like blushing. that's something everyone has experienced. >> definitely. >> when you're embarrassed or uncomfortable, experiencing that kind of emotion, you have a physical response to that where your blood vessels dilate you feel warm blood rushes to your face and you blush. that's a psychosomatic experience that every single normal person has had. >> so if he was apparently, according to this source really stressed out overwork somehow that intangible could turn -- could manifest into a physical -- into an eye issue? it's a possibility? >> it's a possibility, sure. >> okay. okay. this french newspaper, as we mentioned -- and to be clear, this is 2010 before he even became a pilot -- he had received injections of anti-psychotic meds. why would one have anti-psychotic injection

we are talking about depression and a psychosomatic illness and something called a burned out syndromehich is related to an overabundance of subjective stress. in other words, this is what he is perceiving and reacting in a very inappropriate or poor manner or dysfunctional manner of perhaps being a piloted or perhaps of interpersonal issues. when we hear the reports about allegedly about the aggression and the anger, i think we also have to look at the probability that this was an individual for perhaps the last ten years of his life who was struggling to maintain his sanity, but was very emotionally unstable, as we see with his actions of crashing that plane. >> also there are reports that he suffered from a severe psychosomatic illness. what exactly does that mean? >> that means because of the stress, he now begins to internalize a lot of his psychological conflicts and it causes all sorts of physical symptoms, but once you're examined by a physician, they don't see what the connection is between the body and those particular symptoms. in other words, it's the mind that actually cre

lubitz's doctor says that his vision problems were psychosomatic. in other words, to oversimplify it it was in his head. it was a psychological problem as opposed to a physical one. how is that possible? >> well when you have an anxiety disorder like it sounds he had, ptsd multiple traumas, he was very anxious. so anxiety and depression can present itself in a psychosomatic way where you get overfocused with body sensations, everything from eyes vision bodily functions and even diarrhea and stomach issues. another thought is if he's very anxious and going through depression does he have a problem sleeping and dehydration? that can cause visual issues as well. >> it's incredible. literally, you can't see even though it's in your head it's not a real vision issue. i think it's incredible and hard for many to understand. the prosecutor said lubitz had suicidal tendencies even before he got his pilot's license. obviously he wasn't being completely honest on the suicidal tendencies how was he able to become a pilot for lufthansa, which is one of the best

and then which makes sense, speak to the other issue here of these psychosomatic eyesight issue. >> this has been a specialty of mine since my early training and it can mean a lot of different things. so i would rather get more specific to what it means for this individual. and for lubitz it appears that i would say most likely he had psychosis. which means his brain got scrambled in a way that his thoughts were scrambled. he couldn't think through things. >> he's out of touch with reality. >> he's out of touch with reality, absolutely. thank you. >> yeah. >> and he -- this is an exceedingly rare type of event. >> yeah. >> for someone to be this psychotic and for it to not be you know, managed and treated well. so that i want to reassure the public. >> it's a very rare thing. >> it shouldn't be associated with mental illness as the standard. you know it's on a continuum. and most people who have some kind of mental health issue are so far from this. >> this is so extreme on there. so one of the issues here -- and i wonder tom, some of it -- we knew a lot of things or officials knew a lot

it's psychosomatic? >> speaking as a physician with 40 years experience i know that a psychosomatic illness has to do with your nervous system. if you get an imbalance in your sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves it can show up in changes in other organs. i find it interesting that he had vision issues because vision is critical for flying. >> right. >> and it's almost as if he had an inner conflict. again, my own opinion. that's what struck me did he have such an inner conflict or perhaps living with these issues and knowing there was a problem that it was manifested in a vision problem. >> he was saying work was too much for him, that it was stressful. so to your point, that could be it. number two, we've learned -- cnn can't confirm this. this is from a french newspaper and couple of years ago before he got his pilot's license, that he had suicidal tendencies and he was getting anti-psychotic injections for that. what are those? >> you're talking about psychiatric drugs now used -- a psychosis is pr

>> only if they were physical problems but not necessarily psychosomatic. questions was whether he had any vision problems. so he would have had to self-report that kind of thing. if he did self-report anything that was alarming or a red flag the aviation doctor would have to tell lufthansa, otherwise it would be up to lubitz to tell the employer and lufthansa didn't get any indication he had any issues and lufthansa tells us his co-workers never came to management with any concern or complaint about lubitz despite his mental health history. >> pamela brown, thanks so much. >>> a medical perspective now on what appears to be a long list of issues that this pilot had. joining us now, dr. sanjay gupta. there are reports that the co-pilot received injections of anti-psychotic drugs in 2010. antidepressants were found in his apartment in dusseldorf what does that tell you? >> i think in some ways it tells us what we've been thinking for some time now, that this was not depression alone. depression alone is something that can be treated. a lot of people suffer f

doctors say that was psychosomatic. >> 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 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

was suffering from a psychosomatic illness. excuse him from flying the day of the crash. he deliberately crashed the plane after locking the pilot out of the cockpit. police say a second body has been found in a manhattan building. both victims were reportedly in a ground-floor sushi restaurant at the time. they are bill de blasio says someone may have legally tapped the gas line before the explosion. arrived at the international space station for a year-long mission. dayswill be spending 342 on the iss, twice as long as normal. it is the first attempt at a one-year mission for the russians. they will carry out the same medical experiments to see how his body compares. next, findcoming up out more about the magic number that is making a breaking share offering in china, when "trending business" returns. ♪ shery ahn: welcome back. you our watching "trending business." there is a magic number that makes our break ipos in china -- anything above this number virtually guarantees an ipo application will be shut down. david is here w

. >> 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. "the new york times" says he met his girlfriend while working as a cook at burger king. a european government official knocked do

he visited an eye doctor who determined his problems were psychosomatic. for the latest on the investigation, let's bring in cnn's correspondent frederik pleitgen in cologne. fred interesting the possible motive here. >> reporter: absolutely john. the investigators are trying to piece together as much evidence as they have. one of the things that a source close to the investigation told us frankly they believe at this stage of the game you will not get a 100% certainty as to what actually drove this man to do what he apparently did. because there is no clear note from him, a good-bye note all they have to work with is circumstantial evidence. as far as a motive is concerned, they tell us that they are now zeroing in very much on the motive being the fact he was afraid. he might lose his certification to fly because of the medical problems that he had. of course we have known for several days from the state prosecutor here in germany as well as other sources that he had sick notes and he destroyed those sick notes in an apparent attempt to hide his medical

officials also say it is possible lubitz's vision problems may have been psychosomatic. they found a torn up doctors note excusing him from work for the day of the crash. >>> running to help get people back on their feet. how one organization is helping homeless people in a unique way. glen? >> well if you thought it was cold this morning. it is about to get even colder. i'll tell you just how low the temperature is going to go tonight. jim kenney. son of a firefighter. first in his family to go to college. he's been councilman at-large, representing the whole city. a progressive voice who'll be a mayor for our neighborhoods. bringing philadelphia together... expanding pre-kindergarten improving our schools... ...and partnering with businesses, community colleges and universities to create jobs jim kenny, the block by block mayor we need to move philadelphia ahead. >>> in delaware a man was found shot too death inside his vehicle in kent county. investigators say the victim had been shot multiple times. so far police have made no arrests. mount holly comes together to ho

was suffering from a psychosomatic illness.tors note that would have excused him from flying was found torn up in his apartment. prosecutors say he deliberately clashed -- crashed the plane after locking the pilot out. singapore has paid an emotional farewell to it finding father. thousands of mourners gathered he was taken and by gun carriers to the funeral service. in attendance were the india -- indonesia prime minister as well as former president printing. -- bill clinton. has been a dark week for singapore. the light that has guided us all the years has been english -- extinguished. our founding father, who lived and breathed singapore all his life. angie: let's go over to singapore. it wasn't just singapore that mourned his loss, but also the rest of the world. former u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger was also a friend. he says that the world is a better place because of him. the former secretary-general of the association of southeast asian nations was there. the outpouring was unexpected. i am personally surprised

lubitz's apartment looking for clues, they have reportedly found large amounts of medication for a "psychosomatic illness" and evidence he was severely depressed, according to the german newspaper, die welt. this after german prosecutors said doctors' notes saying lubitz was unfit for work were found torn up in the trash. "the deceased hid his illness from his employer and colleagues," he says. and the medical mystery deepening, with the new york times reporting that lubitz had gotten treatment for vision problems, a serious threat to his piloting career. abc news has not confirmed the reports. fellow germanwings pilot frac woiton said lubitz left a normal impression and talked about his plans for the future with lufthansa. the families also stunned. the father of one of the three american victims said he was told not to go to the crash site because there was nothing to see. >> we prefer to think of the 37 years we've been together. we shared our lives, experiences and fellowship. >> reporter: now the furious speculation over lubeitz's mental health is raising question about pilots around the wor

newspaper is reporting that police have found evidence that co-pilot andreas lubitz suffered from a psychosomatic illness. the newspaper says that investigators have found several medications prescribed for a psychological illness in lubitz' apartment. nbc news has not been able to confirm the report. investigators have said that lubitz intentionally crashed the plane into the french alps earlier this week killing all 150 people onboard. >>> meanwhile, "the new york times" quote as a source as saying that lubitz was examined for vision problems that could have affected his ability to remain a pilot. lufthansa has told nbc news that the airline had no knowledge of the co-pilot's medical problem. this week, more families of the crash victims remember their loved ones in france. they walked to a memorial at the site where the plane went down. some of them carried flowers. >>> an airport in halifax, nova scotia, says it's thankful that nobody was seriously hurt when a plane went right off the runway early this morning. according to a spokesman, the air canada jet touched down hard in stormy condition

. >> he is saying what -- what he said today is that range anxiety is a psychosomatic malady. it is totally mental. i'm going to give you bedside manner. i will tell you when you are sick, when you are about to be sick if you don't do something about it. he said my cars go far enough. i can put in a 500 mile battery, but it would be dead weight in the car. you need that kind doctor. cory: do you think the competitive efforts to come up with a better battery might actually alleviate the worries of distance in a much bigger way or is that still too far off? >> this still is the essential tension in the industry. the folks like gm and the rest of the industry trying to create the super battery and thinks that's where the tire hits the road and then elon musk who thinks i will engineer my way there i will create the mental framework for people to feel calm about the owning an electric car and i will build a gigantic lithium-ion battery factory that cuts the cost by 30%. cory: thank you very much. "bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ cory: coming up the world's best-known securit

reports unconfirmed by abc say he was severely depressed and had medication for a psycho psychosomatic illness. had sought treatment for problems with his vision. a potentially career-ending condition. the hope is tomorrow, authorities will reveal the extent of his illness. in the meantime today, german newspapers printing a full-page letter from lufthansa offering condolences to the loved ones of the 150 people that died. tom? >> alex, thank you. >>> and a new law in indiana leading to outrage across the country. it's called the religious freedom act, but indiana's governor is standing firm and speaking out in an exclusive interview. here's gio benitez. >> reporter: with a firestorm brewing over indiana's new religious freedom act, the man in the middle, governor mike pence, coming forward today to defend the law in an interview with our own george stephanopoulos. >> we're not going to change the law, okay? but if the general assembly in indiana sends me a bill that adds a section and clarifies what the law really is, i'm open to that. >> reporter: pence arguing similar laws are on th

new reports say lubitz was severely depressed, had medication for a psychosomatic illness and soughtreatment for a visual condition. that's a posly career-ending condition. >>> pope francis remembered victims of the crash during his mass. 70,000 people were at st. peters square. it starts holy week which will be busy for francis. on friday, he will preside over a service at the colosseum in rome and another big mass next sunday. of course that's easter. >>> dramatic images of a veteran firefighter hurt in the line of duty. you can see the man standing on the roof of a house in fresno, california, when he suddenly falls through. he is then swallowed by the roaring fire. the firefighter then fortunately is brought out by fire crews and good samaritans in just a few minutes and he suffered burns on 70% of his body. more than half of those were third degree. >>> in boston, a decorated police officer who was shot on the job friday night we're told is doing well after surgery. police say officer moynihan and his partner stopped a car while following up on reports of shots fired. a man in t

the eye doctor diagnosed him with a psychosomatic disorder. both deemed him unfit to work.ctors' notes and put them in the trash bin. we learn from the same source that the girlfriend told investigators here that she was aware he had psychological issues but didn't know the ex tent of the problems as the source said. she apparently said the couple was optimistic that he would be able to work through the issues that they could solve the problems. she knew he was going to see the doctors recently but the source said she was just as surprised as everyone else by what he did. bottom line here while investigators are ex ploering the theories of the possible motive that he was afraid to lose his pilot's license, there is really still no good expla nation or clear-cut motive for what he did. >> there is little sense to be made of somebody killing 150 innocent people. all right. pamela thanks so much. >>> other news we are staying on top of out of virginia where police are frantically search ing for an in hatematement this man escaped more than five hours ago. he's considered armed

guest: what musk said today, in effect, is that range anxiety is a psychosomatic malady. it's totally mental. i'm going to give you bedside manner. i'm going to tell you when you're about to be sick if you don't do something about it here and he said, my cars effectively go far enough. if i can put in a 500-mile battery -- but it would be dead weight in the car. what you need is that kind doctor. cory: do you think the competitive efforts to come up with a better battery might actually alleviate these worries of distance in a much bigger way, or is that too far off? guest: this still is the essential tension in the industry. the folks like gm and the rest of the industry that is trying to create the super battery and thinks that is where the tire hits the road, and then elon musk who thinks i'm going to engineer my way there, i'm going to create the mental framework for people to feel calm about owning an electric car, and i'm going to build a gigantic lithium-ion battery that cuts the cost by 30%. cory: steve levine, author of a terrific book about the battery business.

the copilot, 27 year old andreas lubitz was suffering from a psychosomatic illness.octor's note that would've excuse of her flying on the day off the crash was found torn in his apartment. investigators say lubitz intentionally crash the plane. he run nuclear talks resume this morning with each side saying the other must make tough choices. the end of the month is the deadline for an agreement that would limit iran's ability to make an atomic bomb. and goes toward lifting economic isolation. israel has expressed serious concern saying it confirms all of its worst fears. the u.k. election campaign officially gets underway later today. david cameron visits to keep the dissolution of parliament. polling day is amazed seven with cameron's party -- polling date is may 7 with cameron's party trailing the labour party. labor's leader ed miliband said a day are focused on keeping -- saying they are focused on keeping the u.k. in the eurogroup. let's get back to market now. head of asian strategy. joining us in the studio this morning. i want to get to china here. though foru

for suicide tendency and sought help for problems with his vision but doctors determined it was psychosomatic in his head. 150 people were killed when the plane crashed in the french alps last week. road to the site now built for hauling away the crash debris and remains. >> to the backlash against indiana new religious freedom law pro-testtors are calling for boycott of the state. they are concerned the law will legalize discrimination against gay men and women. and app police times star posted a strong statement tonight with the headline that will perfect on front page of tomorrow edition. simple words fix this now. with the final 4 indiana this saturday the fcaa now voicing its concerns. abc news reporter is in indianapolis tonight. >> tonight outrage on both sides of the debate over indiana new law. on one side the desire to protect religious frame. on the other protesters who argue this paves the which for discrimination. more than a dozen other states have similar law in place. but critic worry indiana does not have any state law preventing discrimination based on sexual orientation. an

diagnosing him with a psychosomatic disorder. it was apparently all in his head.he source says lubitz also visited a neuropsychologist, complaining of being overburdened and stressed at work. but today the german prosecutor says he didn't tell his doctors he was suicidal and showed no signs of adwregs. prosecutors say they found torn up doctors notes deeming him unfit to work in his trash canon the day he deliberately crashed the plane. they didn't find a suicide note. >> we have not found anything that is giving us any hint that enable us to say anything about his motivation. >> reporter: a german aviation source tells cnn lubitz passed his annual recertification test in the summer. as part of that exam he would have had to fill out this questionnaire, specifically asking, are you taking any medication? do you have any psychological, psychiatric or neurological diseases, and have you ever attempted suicide? lufthansa says they were not aware of any medical issues. pamela brown, cnn, dusseldorf, germany. >>> tom ballantyne joins us. he has a lot of experience cove

and these reports say that this was some kind of psychosomatic illness, characterized as severe burnout syndrome. we know that the head of the french criminal police force has been talking to his dusseldorf counterparts in the city sharing their information. and as i said, we're hoping to hear from tthe prosecutor ourse later this week. >> diana magnay live for us in deucele d l dole dorff this mor. >> how do you draw the line between normal stress and anxiety associated with any job and something far more chilling and far more serious? >> it's very difficult to do. >> the 150 people on board the germanwings flight were from at least 18 different countries. many of their loved ones have traveled to a village near the scene of the crash and are holding vigil at a makeshift memorial. >> and the family of a man shared more about his life. >> reporter: a father grieves. a mother and sister wonder why. the man was a sports journalist from iran. to mashid, he was big brother. >> he said if someone kill in the flight crash it would be okay, because it's for one minute, and will gone and you ar

what nature this psychosomatic illness has been characterized in the press by these anonymous sourcesu know, until we actually hear definitive word from the prosecutor behind me, we don't know at what stage the investigation is at, errol. >> we'll wait for that update. diana magnay live for us in dusseldorf, approaching 8:40 in the morning there. >>> several airlines have tightened up their requirements. lufthansa is now requiring two members in the cockpit at all times. michael holmes was told you can expect more changes on the way. >> without doubt, you'll have the two-person cockpit rule, questions about qualifications of lubitz to be flying with just 600 hours or whatever it is. he wouldn't have been in a u.s. cockpit. the question is whether that is enough time. you'll have questions about cockpit voice recorders, questions about the door and procedures for overriding. you'll -- this, like air france 447 changed so much in the way planes were flown, in the way professionals looked at aviation. this also is going to be one of those seminal incidents. >> but medical privacy, do you

he said we don't know if it was psychosomatic as a result he was having these vision problems reportg, prosecutor making it clear, there's no documentation they've seen indicateing that he had vision problems. really carol, essentially, he basically gave no motive. said we can't speculate on a motive and can't give you a reason why andreas lubitz did this crashed his plane into the mountain. he made it clear he had been suicide suicidal. we know in 2008 he took several months off from training. we don't know if there was a connection there. >> wait a minute pamela. pamela pamela the prosecutor said there were indications this guy was at one point suicideal. is that what he said? >> reporter: that's right. he said before he got his pielot pilot's license, that he was suicide suicidal that there were indications he was suicideal. we know in 2013 he became a germanwings pilot. we know in 2008 he was going through training in phoenix, arizona, to become a pilot. we know in 2008 he took several months off. luff han lufthansa won't say why he took off. a german aviation source said he wasn

that police have found evidence that co-pilot andreas lubitz suffered from a psychotic illness, a psychosomatic illness. the newspaper says investigators found several medications prescribed for a psychological illness in lubitz' apartment. nbc news has not been able to confirm this report. investigators have said that lubitz intentionally crashed the plane in the french alps earlier this week killing all 150 people onboard. meanwhile, "the new york times" is quoting a source as saying that lubitz was examined for vision problems that could have affected his ability to remain a pilot. lufthansa told nbc news that the airline had no knowledge of his medical issues. more family members arrived in france carrying flowers and attended a memorial near a site where the plane went down. >>> an airport in halifax, nova scotia says it's thankful no one was hurt when a plenty widget right off the runway this morning. according to a spokesman, the air canada jet touched down hard in stormy conditions. >> we were in shock. >> all you're doing -- i was right on the exit row, so i grabbed the door, flipped i

a german newspaper reporting medication for a psychosomatic illness and evidence of severe depression were found in his apartment. the new york times saying he sought treatment for vision problems. a potentially career-ending condition. abc has not confirmed those reports. along with a torn up prescription and doctor's notes in his garbage, including one saying he was unfit to work the day of the crash, it all paints a picture of a deeply troubled young man grappling with illness that may have driven him to kill himself and so many others. and a pilot who flew with lubitz has come out and said he left a completely normal impression. he talked about his hopes for the future as a pilot with lufthansa. and that matches everything we have heard from people we met who knew lubitz who said there were no red flags. this morning, so many unanswered questions. dan? >> and the investigation continues. alex marquardt, on the ground in germany, thank you. >>> we are going to turn now to the new -- the gunfire and bloodshed at a party in the spring break hot spot of panama city beach, florida. sev

been reports that it's believed he was suffering some kind of vision problem, maybe real maybe psychosomatic but maybe he felt that might drive him away from flying. and maybe that's what drove him to this terrible accident this past week. some speculation he visited a hospital nearby here to deal with that problem. we reached out to the hospital tonight, they weren't in a position to comment on that one way or another. more reports, too, health about what is being found in the house. he lived in an apartment along with another family home about five miles away from here. medicine a lot of it, according to the german media was found inside the house. severe depression, he was suffering from, according to a variety of reports. also a lot of notes a lot of notes to himself. we can't confirm that breakup the day before the crash but there are strong indications there were serious personal problems that could have precipitated these problems as well. heather? >> greg, where does the investigation go from here? what happens next? >> well i think what we're going to be seeing after the next couple

but the doctor found nothing wrong with his eyes, diagnosing him with a psychosomatic disorder. was all in his head. a source says lubitz visited a psychologist complaining of been overburdened and stressed at work. today the german prosecutor said lubitz didn't tell his doctors he was suicidal and showed no signs of aggression. prosecutors say they found torn-up doctors notes deeming him unfit to work in lubitz's crash canaccording one for the day authority say he deliberately crashed the plane. what investigators didn't find -- a suicide note. >> we have not found anything that is giving us any hints that enable us to say anything about his motivation. >> reporter: a german aviation source tells cnn lubity passed his annual recertification test in the summer. as parts of that exam, cnn has learned he would have had to fill out this questionnaire specifically asking -- are you taking any medication? do you have any psychological, psychiatric, or neurological diseases, and have you ever attempted suicide? lufthanza says it was not aware of any medical issues. pamela brown, cnn,

officials are also looking into reports lubitz suffered from vision problems, which may have been psychosomaticin pennsylvania imprisoned , journalist and former black panther mumia abu-jamal has been taken to the intensive care unit of a local hospital after he was removed from prison for a medical emergency without any notification to his family friends or lawyers. friends say they were told he was in diabetic shock, but they have so far been unable to visit him or obtain any details. noelle hanrahan, producer of prison radio, which distributes abu-jamal's commentaries from prison, spoke to democracy now! from the hospital. noelle: we are standing in the icu waiting room. we are at the nurses desk. we can see his room. we cannot see him. i am looking at police officers guarding his room. he is trying to access whatever health care they have for him and it has been woefully inaccurate, and we deeply, deeply concerned about this. they do not take people to outside hospitals. this is not standard operating procedure. you have to be extraordinarily sick to be removed period. amy: abu-jamal's tran

the airline later admitted the captain had a psychosomatic illness two years earl yerlierearlier.n in an indonesian jungle river and investigators found the cockpit voice recorder appeared to have disconnected and the pilot didn't attempt to reverse the nose dive and the pilot was in serious debt and had been reprimanded by management several weeks before that crash here. so you hear about these motives from past instances, thomas and you really can't help but wonder and think what this german co-pilot here what he was thinking, what his possible motives could be and what were the signs, especially if anything can be read in the six months leave of training in phoenix, arizona. >> a lot to look back on and as you point out that happened in 2009. going on to take this job, what many would consider a dream job for this young man because he started flying in a guider in his teen years. he had the aspirations to want to be a pilot. francis, thanks so much. we're going to talk more about what we do know exactly, what happened inside the cockpit. we're going to bring back tom costello w

147 passengers but 24 people were killed and the airline later admitted that the captain had a psychosomaticconsidered him fit to fly. that brings us to december 19th of 1997. silk air flight 185 goes down in an indonesian jungle river killing 104 people. investigators found that the cockpit voice recorder appeared to have intentionally disconnected there and that the pilot. didn't attempt to reverse the plane's nosedive and the investigation revealed that the pilot was in serious debt and had been reprimanded by management several times over the weeks before the crash. you hear the motives, and right away you want to know what the co-pilot here this germanwings plane, what his motives would be and if there were any signs at all, like the question about the gap in his training tamron that could have prevented such a tragic outcome here. >> frances, thank you very much. >>> coming up more coverage of today's breaking news about an aviation journalist who wrote about the disappearance of malaysian flight 370. of course, that remains unsolved. i knew it'd take some time. and her sensitive stoma

officials say they may have been psychosomatic in nature. >> catherine: lufthansa, the parent companyut his mental problems. >> pam: coming up: >> pam: and the closure this weekend could impact how you get all round her it what you need to know is next! >> stanley:if you are a bicyclist there are a few risky intersections in san francisco, one of the key reasons. well it's what this driver is doing, ill show just how many more i found in the next edition of people behaving badly tonight at 8 (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> reporter: fishline three task force to look into misconduct by law enforcement agencies. allegations of misconduct at the police department dna lab and sheriff's deputies at the county jail. allegations in sampras's called police officers are responsible for racist attacks? >> this is very, very troubling to me. >> reporter: at the hall of justice in san francisco dan carmen kron 4 news. >> reporter: a freshman and member of the soccer team this was was found dead been struck by a car. the soccer team held a press conf

investigation, said that this co-pilot said he was not seeing as he should, but the doctor told him it was psychosomaticwas all in his head. a pretty remarkable development. apparently he told a different doctor, and this doctor is described as a neuropsychologist by our source here that he was just too stressed with work, that work was just too much for him, too stressful. there's also some information now from our pamela brown via this european government official regarding these suicidal tendencies that has come to light. apparently the tendencies, this co-pilot never gave any indication to the second doctor that he visited that he was suicidal, but investigators say they believe he was given what transpired. you can make of that what you will. but here is something else that is very critical. there are so many reports about a girlfriend, about a pregnancy, about a break-up, about possibly being -- getting married or plans to get married. and pamela brown's source in europe is now saying there were no personal problems with his girlfriend that have surfaced thus far. this official saying it is all ru

we're talking about generalized anxiety disorder depression, possible psychosis, ocd, psychosomatic. all of that dream and the position he put on himself not to be a pilot but to not reveal his mental health issues all coalesced and became something that was horrific. >> do you think that he planned to crash the plane or did he just take the opportunity when it arose? >> it's very hard to tell. i'm only using my instinct fear working with so many people who've had varying issues. again, let's be very clear, you can live with mental illness and have a very productive life and should not be diskrim named against. in this particular case i believe this was a person in his own mind who just -- his mind just kept churning on and on in a very negative way. in a very psychotic way, very depressed way and built himself into this emotional tizzy, if you will where he felt that if he could not have his dream then he was going to take out everyone else. that is the immensity of what he was thinking about. let's be aware, it's mass murder. >> and a final question to you, peter, so is there -- yo

for psychological issues that he had had these vision problems that his doctor determined were psychosomaticeemed him unfit the work, meaning he was unfit to fly. this was not something he informed the company of they say, of course it would have been on him -- his responsibility to inform them if in fact he was privately seeing another doctor. interesting also when we come back to the whole idea of the motive behind all this as you said there are sources close to the investigation that we've contacted that say one of the main motives that they're investigating right now is the fact that he might have had afraid to lose his fit-to-fly certification if it came out that he was having these issues once again. and the french investigators have also come out and say they of course have a very broad, very wide investigation going on they say the deliberate act of someone with psychological problems would be one of the main motives but they're also looking at things that could have been key in all of this that could have also contributed to the fact that this flight went down. one of them is the fa