France urges tougher pilot checks after Germanwings crash

French investigators have recommended tougher medical checks for pilots after uncovering fresh evidence of unreported concerns over the mental state of Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz who crashed his jet into the Alps last year. France's BEA air accident investigation agency said a doctor consulted by Lubitz had recommended 2 weeks before the disaster that he should be treated in a psychiatric hospital. The unidentified private physician was one of a number of doctors seen by the 27-year-old as he wrestled with symptoms of a "psychotic depressive episode" that started in Dec 2014. The BEA said in its final report Sunday that neither Lubitz nor any of his doctors had alerted aviation authorities or his airline about his illness, for which he was being treated with anti-depressants. <br/>