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9525. it turns out that lufthansa knew the co-pilot andreas lubitz battled severe depression back in 2009 while he was still in flight school. lufthansa has acknowledged that lubitz informed the company himself. and this is raising new questions about how the airline industry monitors the mental stability of its pilots. you're looking at live pictures in the lower right-hand part of your screen. we're awaiting a news conference from the ceo of lufthansa any minute. we'll bring that to you live. meantime diana magnay is outside the prosecutor's office in dusseldorf. good morning, diana. >> re...

"the new york times" cite as senior military official involved in examining audio evidence from the cockpit voice recorder. this official says before the plane's rapid descent. one of the pilots left the cockpit, and was unable to get back in. the paper quotes this investigator as saying the guy outside is knocking lightly on the door, and there is no answer. and then he hits the door stronger no answer. there is never an answer. he says you can hear he is trying to smash the door down. the chilling report deepening the mystery of why this plane crashed. >> this is likely to become clearer whe...

Don't want to participate in speculation. to a certain extent you can understand why both germanwings and lufthansa are keen not to add to any of the speculation or fuel anything before they have the verified facts in front them they can present to the grieving families of so many victims from 18 countries across the world. i want to move out of the way and show you just about ten minutes ago, there was a moment of silence held here in front of the joseph koenig gymnasium school where 16 exchange students and two teachers were lost. the children filed out of the school before 10:53, the moment...

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...