Alps plane crash - has reporting about pilot stigmatised depression? #BBCNolan

Mar 30, 2015, 10:16 AM

It's a story that's dominated news bulletins around the world for almost a whole week -- the plane crash in the Alps that killed all one-hundred-and-fifty passengers and crew on board. In the aftermath of the Germanwings air disaster the news has been dominated by reports that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz battled with depression. Investigators who've searched his house in Germany say they've found torn-up sick notes, including one from the day of the crash. It has also been reported in German media that Lubitz's aviation file refers to him having suffered mental health problems. But has what has been reported done anything other than stigmatise depression? Stephen spoke to former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell who has spoken in the past about his own battle with depression and Siobhan Doherty, Chief Executive of Aware Defeat Depression