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Germany germany. >> i want to bring in an aviation psychologist from london, an experienced pilot also. professor, thanks for joining us. we learned shocking news that lufthansa airlines knew about this severe depression episode that the pilot had in 2009. do you think that the airline should have allowed eded him to fly? >> well obviously there are different kinds of depression and certainly severe depression is a disqualifying condition for most people. they would not be able to become airline...

Information very rapidly it seems they may choose to release it. of course to have family considerations if theres something very graphic that would upset the families i would hope they would consider that before they release it. >> miles, whats your take? if this video exists, shufdould the authorities release it?. >> reporter: im never going to be on record saying they shouldnt release information in these cases jake. this is of tremendous global importance to everyone frankly, to know as much...

For the act he carried out is on its own unlikely. most people who have been depressed dont necessarily try to end their life and ending the life of other people is most unusual. >> of course millions of people worldwide deal with depression and are able to go about their lives and be professionals. european law every year provides pilots with a questionnaire in which the pilots are asked about meantate health including psychological, psychiatric problems. given his background should lufthansa h...

Experiments involving live worms, of all things, which survived. you just dont know how these things are going to play out in an impact like that. you know where that cell phone was, was it inside a bag in? it was being used of course. its hard to realize why that would happen. but id like to underscore its good for the families to buttress their lawsuits and ultimate claims they might get and a reminder how useful it would be to investigators if there was a camera in the cockpit recording what ...

Reporting it a representable course. thank you, rene. lets go to charlie pereira with the national transportation safety board, also with us miles obrien. charlie, the cell phone individual wroe of the crash that supposedly exists youve heard the talk the heavy shake toward the end, the banging bit pilot. what could these things tell us about what happened beyond what we already know? >> well, we have the cockpit voice recorder which gives us the environment as heard from within the cockpit. if ...

Taunz thaunz za and german wings. another huge development. lufthansa now admitting they did did know that the co-pilot had suffered from an episode of severe depression and the co-pilots girlfriend is also saying she knew he had psychological issues. so the big question, of course, should he have been allowed to fly? thats next. whats up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tom...