(Bloomberg) -- The German government will create a task forcewith the country’s airlines to examine security measures in theaftermath of last week’s Germanwings crash.

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Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the panel will reviewsafety requirements, including the cockpit door lock, healthtesting for airline personnel and procedures used to detectpsychological distress.

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Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the owner of Germanwings, said this weekthat the co-pilot suspected by investigators of crashing Flight9525 into the French Alps had informed the airline’s flight schoolsix years ago that he battled depression. Voice recordings indicateAndreas Lubitz locked his captain out of the cockpit beforedirecting the plane into a mountain slope, killing himself and 149passengers and crew.

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“We’re in agreement that the high security standards should alsobe up for discussion as we move forward,” Dobrindt told reportersThursday in Berlin alongside the president of the German AviationAssociation, or BDL, Klaus-Peter Siegloch.

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Dobrindt said the government is also considering requiringpassengers to provide identification on boarding within Europe’s26-nation border-free travel zone, known as the Schengen area.

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Dusseldorf police have completed the gathering of identificationdata for all crash victims from the German state of NorthRhine-Westphalia, the department said today in a statement. Adelegation from Dusseldorf that traveled to the crash site onTuesday to meet with French colleagues is now returning.

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--With assistance from Tino Andresen in Dusseldorf.

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