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Any conditions not reported. >> have there been instances in your own practices. obviously, i don't want any specific information about anybody that would violate their policy. have you ever recommended a pilot for further evaluation before that pilot being okayed to even if they didn't self-report any problems. >> yes. when there are certain vague medical conditions like chest pain or difficulty sleeping those can be indications of actual psychological disorders. so the a vacation medical examiners are encouraged to follow up in an integrated way as far as any symptoms and reports that the pe...

Have heard some discussion about that today. the rules since 9/11 is there is always supposed to be another person up there in the cockpit. a flight attendant is supposed to go in and be in there when a pilot or co-pilot needs to leave to go to the bathroom or whatever. you know european carriers, interestingly, they don't have specific rules. and we know that germany and we know that they don't have the same rule we have in the united states. this is even after last year. just last year ethiopian airlines you had one of the pilots -- pilot kick a co-pilot out or, you know, he was locked out o...

Newspaper. prosecutors say he crashed the plane as the pilot tried to knock down the cockpit door the pilot being locked outside after leaving to go to the bathroom. the recording also showing passengers cried out in the flight's final moments. >> translator: no, this is not an accident. this is voluntary, deliberate action on the part of the co-pilot. in the data we can listen to you can only hear cries right at the end. >> the ceo of lufthansa expressed shock just after today's news broke. >> translator: this is a terrible shock, more than for anybody -- more than anybody else could imagine....

And this morning we are getting more information about the pilots of flight 9525. according to lufthansa, the captain had 6,000 hours of flight experience. the co-pilot less experience with 630 hours. it's not clear who was the one that was locked out of the cockpit. but authorities here in france not commenting so far on those media reports. though we are expecting a press conference from the french prosecutor in marseille this hour. alisyn? >> we sure hope the press conference bringing to light some of the incredible mystery. erin thanks so much for that. lufthansa, the parent company of ger...

What sort of commands the plane was receiving prior to the crash. now they've managed to find the case but the recorder itself is missing. the ceo of lufthansa says he believes it's highly probable they'll eventually find it. but the question obviously becomes what sort of condition will the recorder be in when and if they do. chris? >> now of course the idea of what the plane was doing is secondary to what the people who were suppose to be flying the plane were doing. the germanwings ceo will speak at 9:30 eastern time presumably about this new development. in an odd twist, lufthansa, the par...