Crash of the Airbus A320 co-pilot would deliberately precipitated the ground plane

"On the day we speak, there is, in my opinion, nothing which militates in favor of a terrorist attack."

The mystery of the circumstances of the accident flight Barcelona-Düsseldorf German company Germanwings in the southern French Alps seems partially lifted.

The prosecutor of Marseilles, Brice Robin, in charge of the investigation, a very informative thinning effect, at a press conference in Marignane airport, after listening to the audio data the first black box.

"The co-pilot refused to open the door to the captain momentarily out of the cockpit and he operated the controls activating the descent of the aircraft," said Brice Robin.

"He had no reason to prevent the captain to return to the cockpit. The captain tried to enter, you hear a knock at the door, fastened from the inside. The first officer did not respond. We hear his breathing so he was alive until the crash. He willingly allowed the aircraft fall ".

"This behavior can be seen as a desire to destroy the plane," he added.

The prosecutor gave the name of the German co-driver. It is Andreas Lubitz, 28. He worked for a few months and had hundreds of flight hours on this unit. He said that the young man was not listed as a terrorist.

"On the day we speak, there is, in my opinion, nothing which militates in favor of a terrorist attack."

However, he said he still had to consider "the environment" Andreas Lubitz.



Brice Robin stated in conclusion that the 144 passengers were realized the situation at the last moment, "we hear cries at the end, in the last few minutes."

The prosecutor said "think of a reclassification of the investigation," open initially for "manslaughter".