White roses lie on the ground of the crash site in Le Vernet, France, March 24, 2016 during the first anniversary ceremony to commemorate the 150 victims of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in a remote area of the French Alps near Seyne-les-Alpes. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier
BERLIN (Reuters) - A year after the Germanwings plane crash, Germany's lower house of parliament has passed a package of measures to tighten up reporting of pilot medical assessments and requiring tougher alcohol and drugs checks on pilots.
Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz killed 150 passengers and crew when he locked his captain out of the cockpit and deliberately steered his jet into the French Alps on March 24, 2015.
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