Victims will be digesting today. And that is in the last minute or so on the audio recording in the cockpit, screams can be heard. And the prosecutor believes these are screams of the passengers as they realize what is happening in the last minute of the descent. He says death was instantaneous. He says he doesnt consider this a suicide. He says how can it be suicide if 150 people are aboard that aircraft . This was an intentional act, an intentional act to bring the plane down. It is so so devastating to think about those final moments and, actually all of those ten minutes of what was going on onboard that flight. Thank you for the update. Carl penhaul, joins us by phone, he was in that News Conference in marseilles when the prosecutor made all the revelations. Whats the latest there . Reporter well the french prosecutor dropping an absolute bombshell in that press conference. Perhaps he had to come clean with the media after press leaks suggested part of this information overnight.
How can you get back trust of passengers passengers . Translator i think now is not the right day to talk about future strategies of lufthansa. Now we deal with giving support to the relatives, and it is important that we jointly do that that the public is included that we all can cope with what happened and that we then think about the Strategic Plan at the appropriate time. We are having another technical problem. The image has frozen. Well try to rejoin that press conference momentarily. Im here with david soucie and richard quest. A number of things coming out of this press conference. Essentially the airline saying at this point no need to look back at their procedures about having somebody else go into the cockpit when a pilot is alone. We can rejoin the press conference. Translator reasons given, but unfortunately i cannot give you the reasons. I dont know. Translator we are not aware of the response but you can give us a call after we know about this. Translator the aircraft is
Nightly news begins now. From nbc nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. It wasnt an accident, it was deliberate. The jawdropping announcement that the copilot of that Germanwings Airbus purposely flew the plane along with 149 innocent people into a french mountainside has touched off a string of questions starting with why on earth. It may have been the last thing investigators expected to hear on the cockpit voice recorder, the sound of the captain who had briefly left the cockpit pounding on the door as the plane rapidly descended to the ground. And the screams of passengers as they realize their fate. What was the motive, who was the copilot and how did he do it . And how was this allowed to happen . Were covering it all tonight. Lets begin with bill neely in southern france. Bill, we are all left sick over this. Reporter yes, indeed. Good evening, lester. This was one of the most stunning announcements in av
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he refused to open the cockpit door and actually the button which stars the procedure. the co-pilot had no reported ties to extremism. the ceo which owns german wings defended the airline screening process. my firm confidence in selection of all pilots training of all pilots, in the qualification of all pilots and the work of all of pilots has not been touched by this single tragedy. the airlines pilots reportedly go through a wide variety of psychological and physical testing during their training. but, psychological exams end once they become certified pilots for the airline. tonight, there are still so many questions including whether this disaster was an unintended consequence of post 9/11 anti-terror precautions, apartment ka also known as the cockpit door. joining us now from denver,