On March 24, 2015, 27-year-old co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed an Airbus 320 jetliner into the French Alps, killing 144 passengers and 5 other crew members aboard Germanwings Flight 9525 .

A medical certificate shows Mr. Lubitz was treated in 2009 for a severe depressive episode with the antidepressants Cipralex (Escitalopram Oxalate aka Lexapro), and Mirtazapine (Remeron).

According to the final crash investigation report, French authorities found traces of Citalopram, Mirtazapine, and Zopiclone (chemically similar to its isomer Eszopiclone, marketed in the U.S. as Lunesta) in the co-pilot’s remains.  Records indicate that Lubitz was also prescribed Zolpidem (Ambien), and that he was taking Lorazepam (Ativan).

The FDA-approved label for Lexapro has a black box warning of increased risk of suicidal thoughts and suicidal behavior in young adults, as well as warnings for unusual change in behavior, agitation, irritability, hostility, aggressiveness, impulsivity, akathisia, hypomania, and mania.

The FDA-approved label for Remeron has a black box warning of increased risk of suicidal thoughts and suicidal behavior in young adults, as well as treatment emergent abnormal thinking, agitation, irritability, hostility, aggressiveness, impulsitivy, akathisia, hypomania, and mania.

The FDA-approved label for Ativan warns of treatment emergent or worsening depression, further cautioning that “Ativan (lorazepam) is not recommended for use in patients with a primary depressive disorder or psychosis.”

The FDA-approved labels for Ambien and Lunesta warn of abnormal thinking, agitation, amnesia, bizarre behavior, behavior changes, depersonalization, hallucinations, worsening depression or suicidal thinking, and complex behaviors (e.g. sleep-driving, eating food, making phone calls, having sex while asleep).

Victims: Ximena Alegria Gonzalez, Laura Altimira Barri, Paul Andrew Brawley, Carl Ansoleaga de Santiago, Nolberto Ariza, Sandra Arribas Torras, Daniela Ayon Razo, Frank Adolf Bahners, Julian Pracz-Bandres, Marina Bandres Lopez-Belio, Eyal Baum, Soeren Berg, Linda Bergjuergen, Antoni Betriu Capdevila, Fernando Bietesorris, Elena Bless, Jose Borrell, Deitmar Bourgeois, Roswitha Bourgeois, Oleg Bryjak, Ana Cantos, Sonja Cercek, Iris Claassen, Pere Dauniscasadevall, Maria de Pablo Nuno, Ramon de Santiago Grasas, Ramon de Santiago Perera, Claudia Diewer, Jurgen Diewer, Rosse Dieter, Christian Driessens, Lua Drueppel, Selina Yasmin Eils, Pablo Esteban, Adriana Falguera, Miquel Ferran Arbos, Sven Fischenich, Carol Friday, Greig Friday, Gina Michelle Gerdes, Francisco Gonalons Sanchez, Dennie Gorteann, Beatrix Gottschall, Sebastian Gabriel Greco, Jose Guiot Chacon, Matthias Gulcz, Ann-Christin Hahn, Sarah Heidelberg, Julia Herrmann, Christopher Hoefer, Milad Hojjatoleslami, Jessica Huelsmann, Klaus Huelsmann, Adil Imankulov, Yerbol Imankulov, Aizhan Issengal Iyeva, Hossein Javadi Kalorazi, Manfred Jockheck, Sabine Jockheck, Stefan Kloeh, Bernard Lutz Koch, Marieen Koch, Anke Kohlstaedt, Michael Kohlstaedt, Heinz-Peter Kraus, Diana Lehmann, Muraduya Lohmann, Marta Lopez, Bettina Ludwig, Paula Luetkenhaus, Fernando Martinez Rubio, Martyn Matthews, Gabriela Lujan Maumus, Luis Medrano Aragon, Barbara Meyer, Stefan Meyer, Estela Miguel Vazquez, Carles Milla Masanas, Angel Montaner, Domenec Moreno, Javier Moreno Navarro, Maria Morillo Vilabella, Jordi Motje, Cristina Munoz Abellan, Satoshi Nagata, Juliane Noack, Andreas Oelrich, Kerstin Oelrich, Rogelio Oficialdegui, Robert Oliver, Geert Olthoff, Dirk Oppenau, Aswaa Ouahhoud El Allaoui, Emma Pardo Vidal, Victor Pascual, Manuel Perez Gonzalez, Juan Armando Pomo, Maria Radner, Hans Riester, Manuel Rives Salinas, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Zanetti, Fabio Rogge, Maria Lluisa Romans, Eduardo Ruiz Calatayud, Josep Sabate Casellas, Dora Isela Salas Vazquez, Carlos Sanchez, Eleuterio Sanchez Lopez, Junichi Sato, Jose Sau Londres, Rabea Catharina Scheideler, Sascha Schenk, Stefania Schenk, Ralph Schmidy, Erik Schonebeck, Lea Schukart, Karin Schitzler, Eusebio Segundo Martin, Vicente Segundo Martin, Emily Selke, Yvonne Selke, Mireia Serrat, Helena Maria Siebe, Emira Smailagic, Fehret Smailagic, Larissa Soblik, Emma Solera Pardo, Patrick Sondheimer, Sebastian Stahl, Steffen Strang, Arnau Sumpsi, Anna Surribas Casalprim, Mohamed Tahrioui, Stefanie Tegethoff, M. del Pilar Tejada Ocampo, Thomas Treppe, Rosse Ursula, Aline Venhoff, Maria Pilar Vicente Sebastian, Emma Vidal Bardan, Jens Voss, Caja Westermann, Soeren Wollessen, Kobina Yaya