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The pilot who appears to have deliberately crashed a plane carrying 149 others into the French Alps received psychiatric treatment for a "serious depressive episode" six years ago, German tabloid Bild reported on Friday.

The former chief executive and founder of hipster clothing brand American Apparel Inc (APP.A), Dov Charney, is claiming $40 million in damages for a breach of employment contract, his attorney said.

A young German co-pilot locked himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings flight 9525 and set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, prosecutors said on Thursday.