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SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France (AP) — As authorities learn more about the mental treatment received by Andreas Lubitz (an-DRAY'-us LOO'-bihtz), they're also continuing the painstaking effort to identify the 150 people who died on the plane he flew into a mountain in the French Alps last week.
Workers with backhoes and tractors are clearing a road to the remote crash site, to help speed the investigation. Up to now, recovery crews have had to get to the site by helicopter, and they've been tethered to local mountaineers to keep from slipping down the unstable slope.
France has deployed about 500 police and emergency workers to secure the crash site, search for human remains, examine evidence and help the traumatized relatives.
Prosecutors today revealed that Lubitz had received treatment for suicidal tendencies several years ago. They say he had received psychotherapy for several years before becoming a pilot.
When asked whether it had been aware of that, the airline Lufthansa says only that all medical information is subject to medical confidentiality rules.
Prosecutors said they have so far found no indications in Lubitz's family, his personal surroundings or in his work environment of any motive that might have prompted his actions. They have not found any sign of a physical illness and have no evidence that he told anyone what he was going to do.
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161-c-16-(Frank Jordans, AP correspondent)-"including legal questions"-AP correspondent Frank Jordans reports the findings about Andreas Lubtiz's medical history could open the door to suits against Lufthansa. (30 Mar 2015)
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160-c-10-(Frank Jordans, AP correspondent)-"became a pilot"-AP correspondent Frank Jordans reports prosecutors say Andreas Lubitz was treated for suicidal tendences before becoming a pilot. (30 Mar 2015)
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APPHOTO ALP108: Rescue workers, left, work at the crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France, Monday, March 30, 2015. European investigators are focusing on the psychological state of a 27-year-old German co-pilot who prosecutors say deliberately flew a Germanwings plane carrying 150 people into a mountain, a French police official said Monday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, Pool) (30 Mar 2015)
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