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Lubitz was suffering 'psychotic depressive episode'
Initial psychological tests 'showed no issues'
Lubitz first underwent a psychological assessment with Lufthansa in April 2008 before beginning flight training.
Despite having been diagnosed as suffering suicidal tendencies by a private psychiatrist just two months earlier, no potential mental health issues were raised by the assessment.
The report states: “The psychological and the psychiatric evaluation, required by regulations to be performed during medical examinations, did not indicate any condition that would have made him unfit to fly.”
Co-pilot's family and physicians 'refused to be interviewed'
The report reveals investigators were not able to collect all the information they would have liked as his family and private physicians refused to be interviewed.
The report states: “The limited medical and personal data available to the safety investigation did not make it possible for an unambiguous psychiatric diagnosis to be made.