The co-pilot at the controls of the crashed German jetliner had informed Lufthansa in 2009 about his depressive episodes, the company said Tuesday.
In a statement, Lufthansa said the co-pilot had conveyed the information when he was seeking to rejoin the airline’s flight school after a monthslong pause in his studies.
Lufthansa said that it had shared with prosecutors email correspondence between the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, and the flight training school, which included medical records about a “deep depressive episode.”