Lawyers

• Families of Germanwings Victims File Lawsuit Against US Flight School for Failure to properly screen pilots

  The families of the Germanwings' victims are suing the US flight school that trained the co-pilot that carshed the plane in French Alps. The suit alleged that the school failed to screen the medical history of Andreas Lubitz. They claimed the crash could have been prevented if they screen the co-pilot propoerly.

• Germanwings Crash Victims' Families Sued Lufthansa Over its Failure to Discover Pilot's Mental Illness

  The victims' families of the March Germanwings plane crash files a lawsuit against Lufthansa after the its piloty school failed to check Andreas Lubitz's medical records. Lubitz, who co-pilot the plane, committed suicide by crashing the Airbus A320 flight into the French Alps, killing 150 people on board.

• Families of Germanwings Crash Victims Determined to Sue Lufthansa in the US

  The families of the Germanwings' crash victims are pursuing a lawsuit to be filed in the U.S. against Lufthansa. The families are seeking for compensation over the death of their family members.

• Germanwings pilot rehearsed crash on outbound flight

  The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a jet in the French Alps rehearsed the fatal maneuver on the morning of the disaster, and had twice been refused medical papers needed to fly, investigators said on Wednesday.

• EU found 'issues' with German aviation regulator

  A European regulator found "issues" with Germany's aviation authority in a regular review of air safety enforcement, the European Commission said on Saturday.

• Germanwings co-pilot increased speed as jet went down

  The pilot at the controls of a Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps accelerated the plane into the mountainside, killing all 150 people on board, according to French investigators.

• Germanwings co-pilot lied to doctors about sick leave: Bild

  The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps allegedly lied to doctors, telling them he was on sick leave rather than flying commercial planes, German daily Bild reported on Thursday.

• Psychological profiling, doors focus of French Germanwings probe

  French air accident authority BEA said its probe into the Germanwings crash would study "systemic weaknesses" that might have led to the disaster, such as psychological profiling and cockpit door locks.

• Torn-up sick notes show crash pilot should have been grounded

  German authorities said on Friday they had found torn-up sick notes showing that the pilot who crashed a plane into the French Alps was suffering from an illness that should have grounded him on the day of the tragedy.

• Germanwings co-pilot had serious depressive episode: Bild newspaper

  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.

• German police search house of pilot who flew A320 into mountain

  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.