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Experts weigh in: Mental illness and the Germanwings crash


 

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To what extent were Andreas Lubitz’s reported ‘suicidal tendencies’ and depression factors in the catastrophe?

For more, read our Storify page detailing the incident and the response from the mental health community:

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