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Germanwings Victims' Families Slam Push To Absolve Co-Pilot
The father of a Germanwings co-pilot whose plane slammed into the Alps in 2015 is trying to prove his son did not crash the jet deliberately, sparking anger among victims' families.
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Germanwings Crash: New Rules Needed For Pilot Health Issues
Seeking to ensure that suicidal pilots can't crash their jets, French authorities investigating last year's Germanwings crash are urging new reporting requirements for doctors treating pilots, and new measures to keep pilots from hiding mental health issues.
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Egypt Crash to Spur Demand for Strict Aviation Security: Emirates
Emirates Airlines President Tim Clark said on Sunday he expected the crash of a Russian passenger jet in Egypt was a "game changer" for aviation that would result in demands for stringent aviation security worldwide.
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Families of Germanwings Victims Hold Out for Higher Compensation
Families of Germans who died in the crash of a Germanwings jet in the French Alps in March have turned down the airline's compensation offer, demanding a higher amount of at least 100,000 euros, their lawyer said Saturday.
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Lufthansa Readies Compensation for Germanwings Crash
Deutsche Lufthansa plans to make offers of compensation in the coming days to the families of those killed in the crash of a Germanwings jet in the French Alps in late March, a spokesman for the airline said today.
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France Halts Search for Bodies at Germanwings Crash Site
French investigators have ended their search for bodies in the Alps where a Germanwings passenger jet crashed last month, killing all 150 people on board, a local official said on Saturday.
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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.
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Germanwings Co-Pilot Told Lufthansa in 2009 of 'Previous Episode of Severe Depression'
Lufthansa said today that the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings jet had informed the airline in 2009 that he had previously suffered from severe depression.
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Lufthansa Cancels 60th Anniversary Celebrations Over Germanwings Crash
Lufthansa said today that it will cancel celebrations marking the German airline's 60th anniversary in the wake of last week's deadly crash of an Airbus jet from its low-cost subsidiary Germanwings.
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DNA Found From Those Who Died in Germanwings Crash
Investigators picking through the wreckage of a passenger jet that crashed on a remote Alpine mountain said they had found DNA from more than half of the victims, as more details emerged concerning the doomed flight's last minutes.
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Germanwings Crash Co-Pilot May Have Had Detached Retina: Report
The co-pilot suspected of crashing a passenger jet in the Alps may have been suffering from a detached retina but investigators are unsure whether his vision problems had physical or psychological causes, a German newspaper said today.
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Medicine For Psychological Illness Found at Germanwings Co-Pilot's Home: Report
German police have found medical treatments for psychological illness at the home of the co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a jet into the French Alps, killing 149 people and himself, a German newspaper said on Saturday.
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Germanwings Offers Families Initial Aid of 50,000 Euros
Germanwings has offered the families of the victims of the French Alps air disaster "up to 50,000 euros ($54,806) per passenger" towards their immediate costs, a spokesman said Friday.
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Lufthansa CEO Stunned That Co-Pilot Apparently Crashed Plane
Lufthansa's chief executive said on Thursday he was stunned by the assumption that the co-pilot of a Germanwings jet deliberately crashed it into a mountain in the Alps.
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Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Jet, Says French Prosecutor
The co-pilot "voluntarily" initiated the descent of the Germanwings flight that crashed into the French Alps on Tuesday and refused to open the door to the pilot who was outside the cockpit, the lead investigator said on Thursday.
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Germanwings Victims' Families Slam Push To Absolve Co-Pilot
The father of a Germanwings co-pilot whose plane slammed into the Alps in 2015 is trying to prove his son did not crash the jet deliberately, sparking anger among victims' families.
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Germanwings Crash: New Rules Needed For Pilot Health Issues
Seeking to ensure that suicidal pilots can't crash their jets, French authorities investigating last year's Germanwings crash are urging new reporting requirements for doctors treating pilots, and new measures to keep pilots from hiding mental health issues.
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Egypt Crash to Spur Demand for Strict Aviation Security: Emirates
Emirates Airlines President Tim Clark said on Sunday he expected the crash of a Russian passenger jet in Egypt was a "game changer" for aviation that would result in demands for stringent aviation security worldwide.
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Families of Germanwings Victims Hold Out for Higher Compensation
Families of Germans who died in the crash of a Germanwings jet in the French Alps in March have turned down the airline's compensation offer, demanding a higher amount of at least 100,000 euros, their lawyer said Saturday.
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Lufthansa Readies Compensation for Germanwings Crash
Deutsche Lufthansa plans to make offers of compensation in the coming days to the families of those killed in the crash of a Germanwings jet in the French Alps in late March, a spokesman for the airline said today.
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France Halts Search for Bodies at Germanwings Crash Site
French investigators have ended their search for bodies in the Alps where a Germanwings passenger jet crashed last month, killing all 150 people on board, a local official said on Saturday.
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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.
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Germanwings Co-Pilot Told Lufthansa in 2009 of 'Previous Episode of Severe Depression'
Lufthansa said today that the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings jet had informed the airline in 2009 that he had previously suffered from severe depression.
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Lufthansa Cancels 60th Anniversary Celebrations Over Germanwings Crash
Lufthansa said today that it will cancel celebrations marking the German airline's 60th anniversary in the wake of last week's deadly crash of an Airbus jet from its low-cost subsidiary Germanwings.
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DNA Found From Those Who Died in Germanwings Crash
Investigators picking through the wreckage of a passenger jet that crashed on a remote Alpine mountain said they had found DNA from more than half of the victims, as more details emerged concerning the doomed flight's last minutes.
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Germanwings Crash Co-Pilot May Have Had Detached Retina: Report
The co-pilot suspected of crashing a passenger jet in the Alps may have been suffering from a detached retina but investigators are unsure whether his vision problems had physical or psychological causes, a German newspaper said today.
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Medicine For Psychological Illness Found at Germanwings Co-Pilot's Home: Report
German police have found medical treatments for psychological illness at the home of the co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a jet into the French Alps, killing 149 people and himself, a German newspaper said on Saturday.
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Germanwings Offers Families Initial Aid of 50,000 Euros
Germanwings has offered the families of the victims of the French Alps air disaster "up to 50,000 euros ($54,806) per passenger" towards their immediate costs, a spokesman said Friday.
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Lufthansa CEO Stunned That Co-Pilot Apparently Crashed Plane
Lufthansa's chief executive said on Thursday he was stunned by the assumption that the co-pilot of a Germanwings jet deliberately crashed it into a mountain in the Alps.
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Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Jet, Says French Prosecutor
The co-pilot "voluntarily" initiated the descent of the Germanwings flight that crashed into the French Alps on Tuesday and refused to open the door to the pilot who was outside the cockpit, the lead investigator said on Thursday.
