article_snippet: Lubitz, 27, passed he annual pilot recertification medical examination in summer 2014, a German aviation source told CNN.
article_snippet: An official with Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings, said that the exam only tests physical health, not psychological health.
article_snippet: An official with Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings also said that Lufthansa was never given any indication Lubitz was depressed, and that if An official with Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings went to a doctor on An official with Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings own, An official with Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings would have been required to self-report if deemed unfit to fly.
article_snippet: Germanwings corroborated that assertion, saying that assertion had never received a sick note from Lubitz.
article_snippet: A subsequent report from The New York Times on Saturday, citing two officials with knowledge of the investigation, said Lubitz sought treatment before the crash for vision problems that might have put Lubitz career at risk.  
article_snippet: However, an official with Lufthansa, said that if Lubitz had vision problems, Lubitz would have been discovered during Lubitz pilot recertification medical examination.
article_snippet: Authorities have not ruled out the vision problems could have been psychosomatic, according to The New York Times.