Co-pilot of Germanwings jet wanted to destroy the aircraft - prosecutors say

USPA News - A French prosecutor says the co-pilot of the Germanwings passenger jet that crashed in the French Alps this week made a "deliberate attempt to destroy the aircraft." The 28-year-old co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cockpit, leaving himself alone in control of the Airbus A320. "The descent could only have been done deliberately," the prosecutor said.

"In all circumstances, it is deliberate. There is nothing to suggest a terrorist attack, but we will see the circumstances of that person." He added the co-pilot crashed the plane "for a reason we cannot fathom right now." The investigators heared some screams only at the last moment on the tape. "The death was instant."