Germanwings co-pilot intentionally "pressed the button" to crash the plane

The co-pilot did not open the cockpit door when the captain returned and “pressed the button” to lower the altitude, crashing the plane into the mountains.

Foreign news sources such as CNN, RT and Channel News Asia quoted a French prosecutor as saying that it is possible that the co-pilot on the Germanwings Airbus 320 intentionally caused the plane to crash.

Speaking at a press conference today (March 26), Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said the co-pilot had "locked the captain outside the cockpit" with the intention of crashing the plane.

This is the result that French investigators obtained after decoding the black box recording the cockpit voice of the plane in the last 30 minutes before the plane crashed.

French President François Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy talk to rescue workers in Seyne-les-Alpes, near the scene of the accident - Photo: Reuters

According to Mr. Brice Robin, the co-pilot, identified as German Andreas Lubitz, took control of the plane after the captain left the cockpit. The co-pilot did not open the cockpit door when the captain returned and “pressed the button” to lower the altitude, crashing the plane into the French Alps.

Prosecutor Brice Robin added there was no basis to conclude this was an act of terrorism.

The Germanwings plane crash on the morning of March 24 killed 150 people./.

According to VOV