2nd LD Writethru: Co-pilot of crashed Germanwings flight passed all tests: Lufthansa spokesman

The co-pilot, who appeared to have deliberately crashed Germanwings flight 4U9525 in the French Alps, had passed all Lufthansa tests, a Lufthansa spokesman told Xinhua on Friday.

As the company is unable to access to the co-pilot's clinical data that has been reported by the media, Lufthansa had no comment on those media reports, he said.

German news site Spiegel Online reported earlier that investigators found evidence that the co-pilot was mentally ill after the house search.

The Bild newspaper also reported possible mental illness of the co-pilot, based on a six-year-old memorandum of the German Federal Aviation Office.

The spokesman added that although the company believes that the current psychological testing system for pilots is not in question, there is no doubt that they will continue to improve this system.

"There will be specific measures introduced, but details still need further discussion," he said.

On Friday, Lufthansa will have a relevant news briefing, said the spokesman.

Earlier on the day, Duesseldorf police told Xinhua that there is no evidence to confirm that the 27-year-old co-pilot was mentally ill

After hours of house search on Thursday at the co-pilot's apartment in Duesseldorf, police said they have nothing new to talk about the investigation.

As for media reports about the co-pilot's mental problems, police said it was "a manifest error of interpretation of the English reporter."

"It has only been said that the evidence has been found and must be evaluated," a police officer said, adding that prosecutors will decide when the results can come out. Endi