Flight data recorder is key to ending flight 9525 speculation

Speculation continues to surround Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot believed to have deliberately crashed Germanwings flight 9525, particularly about his mental health at the time the Airbus A-320 flew into a mountain.

When questioned by AFP, French and German investigators declined to confirm or deny reports suggesting Andreas Lubitz had been treated by neurologists and psychiatrists.

Some of the speculation is based on apparently leaked information.

Germanwings pilot Frank Woiton is from the same German hometown of Mountabaur as Lubitz.

“I flew with that colleague three or four weeks ago,” he said, referring to Lubitz. “I had quite a normal notion of him. He even had future plans. He said that he is happy to fly for Lufthansa that he wants to fly long distance. He wants to become A380-pilot.”

Meanwhile, Evan Cullen, president of the Irish Airline Pilots Association said he was not happy with media coverage of the crash.

“We still don’t know exactly what happened,” he told