“When I heard about the crash, one thing that he said kept going through my head: ‘One day I’m going to do something that will change the whole system, and everyone will know my name and remember it.’” That was the statement given by the former fiancé of the copilot who steered the airplane with 150 passengers on board into the side of a mountain in France.
The co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, according to the Wall Street Journal, had been treated that day by a neuropsychologist for depression. The day of the crash Lubitz’s doctor had suggested that he took the day off, and gave him a note to excuse himself, but Lubitz decided that he was capable of flying anyway.
No one knew about the young co pilot’s condition besides himself and the doctor who diagnosed him.
While he was struggling with this illness, his ex-fiancé had reportedly broken off the engagement the day before the incident occurred.
The woman, named Maria, was engaged to Lubitz for 7 years, but the day she broke off the relationship, Lubitz, who was diagnosed to not be mentally healthy, proclaimed to his ex-fiancé that he would do something that would “make everyone remember him.” Maria exclaimed, “I didn’t know what he meant, but now it makes sense.”
It has yet to be reported, but it should be expected that the doctor who diagnosed Lubitz be brought in for questioning. There is also the question of whether or not the doctor should be held accountable in some degree. Should he have told the airline company about their copilot’s condition? Questions like these will hopefully be asked to make sure the families of those who suffered that day can hold someone accountable.
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