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Poll: Has the Germanwings disaster made you nervous about flying?

A Germanwings pilot made an emotional speech to nervous passengers this week to reassure them.

A GERMANWINGS CAPTAIN has been praised for an emotional speech he gave to reassure nervous passengers he would get them to their destination safely.

It has emerged that the co-pilot on tragic Flight 4U 9525 hid his mental health issues from his employer and had torn up a sick note for the day of the crash.

We want to know: Has the Germanwings crash made you nervous about flying?

Poll Results:

No, it was a random incident (8152)

Yes, I'd be more wary now (4514)

I'm not sure (837)

Yes, I'd be more wary now
No, it was a random incident
I'm not sure

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