A torn up doctor’s note has been found showing Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had been excused by a doctor from working the day he is thought to have crashed a plane into the French Alps, killing 150 people.<br /><br />Germanwings said Lubitz had not given them a sick note that would have grounded him on the day of the crash. <br /><br />German law requires workers to immediately tell their employers if they are unable to work.<br /><br />Police at the co-pilot’s home told reporters that personal items collected during a search were being examined and their relevance to the case was being established.<br /><br />At the crash site, investigators continued retrieving pieces of the plane, shattered into small pieces from the high-speed impact of the crash.<br /><br />Germanwings parent company Lufthansa has offered to pay up to 50,000 euros in immediate financial assistance to families of each passenger who was on board the crashed plane.
