article_snippet.sent: German aviation regulators say German aviation regulators were never made aware of Andreas Lubitz's mental health issues .
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, the aviation authority, the Luftfahrtbundesamt (LBA), also said the aviation authority, the Luftfahrtbundesamt (LBA) did not know about Lubitz's medical background prior to the Germanwings crash that killed all 150 people aboard.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, the LBA has been claimed that Lufthansa did not inform  aviation regulators that Lubitz had struggled with depression.
article_snippet.sent: Sources at the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) said Sources at the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) were never made aware of the 27-year-old's mental health issues and only learned about Sources at the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) following the disaster.
article_snippet.sent: However the LBA says the LBA was never told of the observations made by doctors who had examined the 27-year-old in Lubitz 'earlier phase of serious depression'.
article_snippet.sent: Lufthansa declined to comment on Lufthansa claims citing the ongoing investigation into the crash.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier Lufthansa's chief Carsten Spohr said the airline's chief Carsten Spohr was entirely unaware
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  German aviation authority said it was never made aware of pilot's illness .
  