Germanwings captain tried to smash into cockpit with axe: Bild
AFP
March 27, 2015 14:48 MYT
March 27, 2015 14:48 MYT
Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appeared to have deliberately flown the plane into the side of a remote mountain after locking the captain out of the cockpit, French officials have said, killing himself and all 149 others aboard Tuesday.
The captain locked out of the cockpit of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps used an to try and force his way back , German daily Bild said Friday, citing security sources.
Andreas Lubitz appeared to have deliberately flown the plane into the side of a remote mountain after locking the captain out of the cockpit, French officials have said, killing himself and all 149 others aboard Tuesday.
The cockpit flight recorder showed that the captain repeatedly knocked and tried to get back in as the plane went into its fatal descent, French prosecutors said. However, Bild reported that the captain also tried using an to break down the door.
This could not be immediately confirmed, but a spokesman for Germanwings confirmed to AFP that an was on board the aircraft.
Such a tool is "part of the safety equipment of an A320," the spokesman told Bild.