Andreas Lubitz crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 into the German Alps , killing himself as well as the other 149 people on board the flight . It has since emerged Lubitz had been treated for psychiatric illness . News has triggered a debate over whether airlines should have mandatory access to all pilots ' medical records , to try and prevent a similar tragedy . Carissa Veliz is a philosophy graduate from Oxford University and is writing her dissertation on the subject of privacy .
Andreas Lubitz crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 into the French Alps , killing himself as well as the other 149 people on board the flight . It has since emerged Lubitz had been treated for psychiatric illness . News has triggered a debate over whether airlines should have mandatory access to all pilots ' medical records , to try and prevent a similar tragedy . Carissa Veliz is a philosophy graduate from Oxford University and is writing her dissertation on the subject of privacy .