Germanwings co-pilot accelerated plane on descent, prosecutor says
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Investigators reviewing data recorder recovered at crash site Thursday
The Associated Press Posted: Apr 03, 2015 5:54 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 03, 2015 5:54 AM ET
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The French air accident investigation agency says the co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight repeatedly accelerated the plane as he used the automatic pilot to descend the Airbus A320 into the Alps.
The BEA agency said in a statement Friday that investigators have begun studying the black box data recorder from the plane, found at the crash site Thursday.
It says an initial reading of the recorder shows that the pilot used the automatic pilot to put the plane into a descent and then repeatedly during the descent adjusted the automatic pilot to speed up the plane.
Based on recordings from the black box voice recorder, investigators say co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked the pilot out of the cockpit and intentionally crashed the plane. All 150 people aboard were killed.
The flight data recorder from Germanwings Flight 4U9525 has been reported found at the crash site in the French Alps. (Emmanuel Foudrort/Reuters)
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