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We'll keep you posted on what's said in this news conference. going on with the investigation, the german newspaper says andreas lubitz the copilot, was afraid he would lose his pilot's license and that's why he crashed the plane. investigators aren't exactly confirming that. they say lubitz suffered from depression and had suicidal tendencies but the aviation authority didn't know it despite asking lubitz and other personnel about their mental health. a german aviation source tells cnn lubitz passed he is annual recertification test last summer after filling out this questionnaire provided by...

We now have a possible motive for why andreas lubitz crashed flight 9525 into the alps. the german newspaper "bild" quoting an investigator says lubitz was worried his medical issues would force him out of a job which may have led him to crash the plane. investigators are not confirming that. but say lubitz did suffer from depression and had suicidal tendencies in years past. but the aviation authority that certified his license had no idea that he suffered from any mental illness. a german aviation source tells cnn that lubitz passed his annual recertification test in the summer. i want to ta...

Unfit to work, including one day the day he crashed the plane. what investigators didn't find a suicide note. >> we have not found anything in the surround inging personal or family or his professional surround ing surrounding that is giving us any hints that enable us to say anything about his motivation. >> reporter: a german aviation source tells cnn lubitz passed his recertification test in the summer. as part of that exam cnn learned he would have had to fill out this questionnaire, specifically asking are you taking any medication? do you have any psychological, psychiatric or neurologic...

To believe he could have had vision problems. we know as recertification process the pilots get their vision tested. i spoke it an aviation source who said that he passed his last exam last summer, but we know since then that he has visited medical clinic here in dusseldorf just a couple times the past few months. also we are learning from german media that there may be another woman involved who lived with him. i was just at his apartment yesterday and there are two names on the door, lubitz and goldbalk. they are saying the other name is his living girlfriend who was a school teacher in duss...

Before. a pilot on approach to jfk reported a close call. >> kennedy tower, we just saw a little drone below us. >> reporter: the worry -- those small drones could do big damage to jetliners filled with passengers. >> the biggest worry is one of these drones can be ingested by an engine at high power on takeoff and shut the engine down. >> reporter: in a statement the faa tells abc news in the past 90 days there has been a small increase in the number of drone incidents in new york due to increased awareness and the agency encourages pilots to report these close calls. but our aviation source ...