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| Revelations About Pilot Add to Mystery of Germanwings Crash | Revelations About Pilot Add to Mystery of Germanwings Crash |
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| PARIS — The revelation that one of the pilots of a Germanwings jetliner was locked out of the cockpit before it crashed raised new and troubling questions on Thursday, as search teams continued to scour the rugged terrain of the French Alps for clues that could shed light on what happened. | PARIS — The revelation that one of the pilots of a Germanwings jetliner was locked out of the cockpit before it crashed raised new and troubling questions on Thursday, as search teams continued to scour the rugged terrain of the French Alps for clues that could shed light on what happened. |
| The Marseille prosecutor, Brice Robin, who is tasked with the criminal investigation into the crash, was scheduled to give a news conference at 12:30 p.m. An official close to the investigation said the prosecutor was due to meet with family members of the crash victims before the briefing. | The Marseille prosecutor, Brice Robin, who is tasked with the criminal investigation into the crash, was scheduled to give a news conference at 12:30 p.m. An official close to the investigation said the prosecutor was due to meet with family members of the crash victims before the briefing. |
| The flight, operated by the budget carrier Germanwings, was traveling to Düsseldorf, Germany, from Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday morning when it plunged from the sky and slammed into the French Alps, killing the 144 passengers and six crew members on board. | The flight, operated by the budget carrier Germanwings, was traveling to Düsseldorf, Germany, from Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday morning when it plunged from the sky and slammed into the French Alps, killing the 144 passengers and six crew members on board. |
| The mystery of what happened on the plane during an unexplained 10-minute descent deepened late Wednesday, when a senior French military official participating in the investigation revealed that evidence from a cockpit voice recorder indicated that one pilot had left the cockpit before the plane began its descent and was unable to get back in. | The mystery of what happened on the plane during an unexplained 10-minute descent deepened late Wednesday, when a senior French military official participating in the investigation revealed that evidence from a cockpit voice recorder indicated that one pilot had left the cockpit before the plane began its descent and was unable to get back in. |
| Several crucial issues remained unclear on Thursday: The identity of the pilots, why one of the pilots had left the cockpit, and why the pilot who remained at the controls did not open the door. | |
| The captain had 10 years of experience and had flown more than 6,000 hours on Airbus models, Germanwings said. The co-pilot joined the Lufthansa group in September 2013 and had 630 hours of flight experience, said Martin Riecken, a spokesman in Frankfurt for Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings. | |
| Mr. Riecken added that “both pilots had been trained to Lufthansa standards,” and said that officials from Germanwings and Lufthansa would hold a news conference in Cologne, Germany, at 2:30 p.m. | |
| As investigators continued to pore over the clues, relatives of the victims were expected to arrive on Thursday near the site of the crash, where a makeshift chapel has been set up, and where psychologists are available to provide support. Lufthansa was to operate two special flights for family members on Thursday from Barcelona and from Düsseldorf. | As investigators continued to pore over the clues, relatives of the victims were expected to arrive on Thursday near the site of the crash, where a makeshift chapel has been set up, and where psychologists are available to provide support. Lufthansa was to operate two special flights for family members on Thursday from Barcelona and from Düsseldorf. |
| The victims of the crash included many Germans and Spaniards, including 16 high school students who were returning from an exchange program. Other victims included citizens of the Britain, Colombia, Iran, Israel and the United States, among others. | The victims of the crash included many Germans and Spaniards, including 16 high school students who were returning from an exchange program. Other victims included citizens of the Britain, Colombia, Iran, Israel and the United States, among others. |
| A bus carrying 14 relatives of Spanish victims departed from Barcelona on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. They apparently did not want to fly. | A bus carrying 14 relatives of Spanish victims departed from Barcelona on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. They apparently did not want to fly. |