Germanwings Co-Pilot Had Sick Note for Day of Crash in His Home

Germanwings Co-Pilot Had Sick Note on Day of Crash

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By Karin Matussek, Richard Weiss and Tino Andresen

March 26, 2015 at 10:05 PM UTC

Corrected

March 28, 2015 at 1:23 PM UTC

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The Germanwings co-pilot believed to have deliberately steered a plane into the French Alps had a note from his doctor certifying him unfit to work on the day of the crash that he never passed on to his employer.

The note was among torn-up medical documents found during police searches of Andreas Lubitz’s Dusseldorf apartment and his parents’ house about 140 kilometers (87 miles) away, the prosecutors office leading the German probe said Friday.