European Commission receives recommendations report on Germanwings Flight 9525 crash

The European Commission said on Friday in a press release that it received a report from a task force led by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, in which six recommendations were issued, primarily calling for better checks on crew members.

The six recommendations were: two people should be in the cockpit at all time; pilots should undergo a psychological evaluation before entering airline service; airlines should run a random drugs and alcohol testing program; robust program for oversight of aeromedical examiners should be established; a European aeromedical data repository should be created; pilot support systems should be implemented within airlines.

The Commission said it would thoroughly examine these recommendations before deciding on future steps.

Assembled in May 2015 at the request of European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc, the task force analyzed the preliminary findings of the crash investigation to assess the adequacy of European air safety and security rules.

"If improvements are to be made in the European safety and security rules or in their implementation, in order to help prevent future accidents or incidents, we will take the necessary action at the EU-level," said Bulc. Endit