According to CNN Audio from the mangled voice recorder of
Germanwings Flight 9525 reveals the captain was locked out of the
cockpit while the co-pilot appeared to make a deliberate attempt to
destroy the plane, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said Thursday.
The
co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight "activated the descent" of
the plane when he was alone in the cockpit, Robin said. That can only be
done deliberately, he said.
From what investigators have found, it seems the co-pilot "wanted to destroy the aircraft," the prosecutor said.
However, as of now, there's "nothing to allow us to say that it was a terrorist attack," he said.
Robin said the co-pilot was a German national and not on any terrorism list. He named him as Andreas Lubitz.
When a reporter asked Robin whether he knew Lubitz's religion, Robin said that he did not know.
The
most plausible explanation of the crash is that the co-pilot "through
deliberate abstention, refused to open the cabin door ... to the chief
pilot, and used the button" to cause the plane to lose altitude, Robin
said.
Screaming could be heard on the
audio recording only in the last few minutes, and death was
instantaneous for those on board, he said.
Robin
said he was not thinking of the Germanwings crash as a suicide,
explaining: "When you are responsible for 150 people, I don't call it a
suicide."
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Robin
said he did not know if the co-pilot planned his actions in advance,
saying only that he "took advantage" of the pilot leaving the cockpit.
The
co-pilot was "fully qualified to pilot the aircraft on his own," Robin
added. The audio recording showed his breathing to be steady, with no
sign that he had a heart attack or other medical issue.
He
only had about 100 hours of experience on the type of aircraft he was
flying, but he had all the necessary certifications and qualifications
to pilot the aircraft alone, the prosecutor said.
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