Young Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Germanwings Flight : Prosecutor

26 March, Paris

French officials today said that the young co-pilot of the Germanwings flight deliberately crashed the plane into the French Alps after locking his captain out of the cockpit.

Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin told a press conference that the 28-year-old co-pilot deliberately initiated the plane’s descent.

He revealed the details of recordings made by the Airbus cockpit flight recorder in the final minutes before the crash that killed all 150 aboard on Tuesday.

There was no immediate clue to the motive of the co-pilot, but investigators appeared to rule out terrorism.

The shocking new information was released as families and friends of victims began arriving in France to travel to the remote mountainous crash site area, where locals have opened their doors in a show of solidarity with the grieving relatives.

Meanwhile, the remains of victims, found scattered across the scree-covered slopes, were being taken by helicopter to nearby Seyne-les-Alpes.