conversation. the captain went out to go to the bathroom, he was apparently locked out. at first he started knocking loudly but at that point it became clear he was locked out. during that time by the way lubitz, the co-pilot was breathing normally. clearly no sign of anybody in distress. again, air traffic controllers tried to reach him. he would not respond. the captain then frantically started hitting the door, pounding the door, what sounded like trying to kick in the door. again, he couldn t get in. and according to the cockpit recorder and what investigators say they heard, people, passengers screaming, terrified passengers screaming in the background. at that point the plane descends rapidly. and as i said slams into the mountainside at 500 miles per hour. now, investigators have been searching the home that he lived in with his parents outside of frankfurt and also the flat that
so he was new at it. he had about 630 hours of flight time behind the controls of the air bus 320. let s fast forward to the timeline before the crash. the cockpit recorder, sean paints a very eerie picture. we know that during the pre-flight prep and as the aircraft was climbing there was normal conversation between lubitz and the captain amiable conversation. the captain went out to go to the bathroom, he was apparently locked out. at first he started knocking loudly but at that point it became clear he was locked out. during that time by the way lubitz, the co-pilot was breathing normally. clearly no sign of anybody in distress. again, air traffic controllers
seemingly unaware of what is happening. he tries knocking on the cockpit door to get back in but he s met with silence. here s the prosecutor today. translator: he had no reason to not respond to the tower who s questioning his loss of altitude. he had no reason to tap in a code which would then respond to the other airplanes who were trying to contact him. in principle for now you know i m reminding you it s only 48 hours. he was breathing normally. it wasn t the breath of someone who was struggling. the captain starts banging on the door, emergency alarms start to sound. pleas from air traffic control go unanswered. finally the passengers start to realize what is about to happen, that they are being murdered. their cries of terror reach the cockpit recorder. and as for the co-pilot he remains calm. translator: he didn t say a single word. it s total silence. i think the victims only realize at the last moment because on the recording you only hear the screams literally on the l
tried to reach him. he would not respond. the captain then frantically started hitting the door, pounding the door, what sounded like trying to kick in the door. again, he couldn t get in. and according to the cockpit recorder and what investigators say they heard, people, passengers screaming, terrified passengers screaming in the background. at that point the plane descends rapidly. and as i said slams into the mountainside at 500 miles per hour. now, investigators have been searching the home that he lived in with his parents outside of frankfurt and also the flat that lubitz owned or stayed in in dusseldorf germany. and, sean, there are reports coming out of the british media that police may have found something in that dusseldorf flat, but we don t know what that is. nothing s been confirmed. again, as we re waiting to find out some kind of picture is being painted about why this guy did what he did. john, why are they so slow with the information? in other words, he had halted
plane went down in the french alps. the story was first reported by the new york times. it opens countless theories about what might have happened. we are talking about this all morning long how could the pilot have been locked out? didn t he know the code? did the code not let him back into the cockpit? so many questions this morning and we have lots of analysis. first thing we need to do is confirm the reporting. all respect to the new york times, but there will be a presser that s coming up momentarily from a french prosecutor in marseille, who has been kind of leading information for the media about what s going on. we re going to monitor that. as soon as there s any relevant information it will be in french but as soon as there s any relevant information about what happened and is heard on the cockpit recorder we are going to bring it to you. alisyn that s the main thing, we have to know if it s true. if your starting point is flawed everything else is flawed. we re lookin