Pilot told Lufthansa in 2009 of 'previous episode of severe depression'

Berlin (AFP) - Lufthansa said Tuesday that the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings jet had informed the airline in 2009 that he had previously suffered from severe depression.

The airline said it had handed additional documents, in particular medical and training documents, to prosecutors in the western city of Duesseldorf after "further internal investigations".

These also included email correspondence from co-pilot Andreas Lubitz to his flight training school, where he, at one point, interrupted his pilot training for several months, it said in a statement .... http://news.yahoo.com