Germanwings Pilot was Locked out of Cockpit :Martin Barillas
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The mystery deepened today about the circumstances of the crash of a Germanwings flight in the French Alps. Aviation officials were struggling to explain on March 25 how the passenger jet bearing 150 souls on board could have crashed in clear skies. The onboard flight record or black box was recovered today. Evidence from the cockpit voice recorder shows that one pilot left the cockpit before the plane began its disastrous descent. The pilot was unable to re-enter the cockpit. Officials heard a recording of the pilot trying to bash down the cockpit door before the crash occurred.
The two pilots had a smooth and professional conversation during the March 24 morning flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. The voice recorder indicated that the pilot outside of the cockpit at first knocked lightly. When there was no answer, he struck the door more strongly. Eventually, he tried to break down the door. There was never any answer from inside the cockpit. Many questions remain unanswered. Following the disaster, an official of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said that there was no evidence of terrorist activity.
Units of the French Gendermerie and army are combing the wreckage for bodies and human remains. All aboard the flight died, including three American citizens.
Data from the voice recorder gave no indication about the condition of the pilot who remained inside the cockpit. The plane descended from a cruising altitude of 38,000 feet in about ten minutes on a relatively gradual path. There was communication between the cockpit to air traffic controllers. No emergency signal emerged from the doomed Airbus A320. When air controllers lost radar contact with the plane, a French air force fighter jet was scrambled to investigate. The air force pilot came in time to see only wreckage.Officials confirmed that there was no midair explosion that may have caused the disaster.
German carrier Lufthansa owns Germanwings. Airline officials confirmed that maintenance had been done on the nose landing gear of the twenty-four year old aircraft.
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