The suicidal pilot of "Germanwings flight 4U9525" purposely crashed his Airbus 320 into an Alps mountainside last Tuesday, 24 March 2015 and killed all the 150 people on board !
The immediate questions are "What went wrong" and "Who is to blame" ?
Only one of the black boxes was recovered from the wreckage but at present there are no suspicions concerning the airworthyness of the plane, or of any mechanical failures which could be blamed for the accident !
The black box reveals one of the two pilots left the cabin to go to the toilet but was then promptly locked out by Andreas Lubitz, the other pilot ! A repeat of such an act must be made impossible in future !
It transpires that doctors knew that Andreas Lubitz was "mentally disturbed" and they probably did not want to breach their code of ethics by informing other people of their opinion !
It also became clear that the Germanwings Airline does not have medical facilities which would permit them to perform professional medical tests. This is normal, but it does not absolve them from their duty which is to ensure that their pilots are regularly and properly examined and that they get a copy of the medical examination !
It also appears that the family and friends of Andreas Lubitz knew he was "unstable" !
The foregoing indicates that the "Code of Ethics", which so conveniently protects doctors now, needs to be modified, to oblige them to file an official report even when they do not, or cannot know, what might happen in future !
To conclude, are doctors not already in the best position of anyone, to know and judge the extent of a risk and to prevent an unexpected "accident" ? .
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