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Investigators brief Germanwings relatives on crash findings

In this March 26, 2015 file photo, rescue workers work on debris of the Germanwings jet at the crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France. AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File

BONN, Germany – French air accident investigators are briefing relatives of the people killed in last year’s Germanwings crash on the results of their investigation.

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Saturday’s closed-doors briefings in Bonn and Barcelona come ahead of the release Sunday of French accident investigation agency BEA’s final report.

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Investigators have established that the co-pilot of Flight 9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately crashed the plane into a French mountainside last March 24, killing 150 people. Lubitz had previously been treated for depression.

Christof Wellens, a lawyer for some victims’ families, said they have questions about “how can such an ill pilot be in the cockpit, how is it possible that such an ill person gets a pilot license?”

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He said “they have many questions and every answer is very necessary for the families.”

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