Video Shows How A Pilot Might Have Been Locked Out Of The Cockpit

March 26, 2015
The cockpit door automatically locks, and in most situations, anyone outside the cockpit needs to have permission from the pilots inside to enter, the video explains.

The latest information about the Germanwings flight 9525 that crashed on March 24 in the French Alps, killing 150, is chilling: one pilot was locked out of the cockpit, and tried unsuccessfully to get back in before the crash, The New York Times reported, while the co-pilot appeared to have brought down the plane deliberately, according to the prosecutor in France who is leading the criminal investigation.

The situation raises questions about how pilots and other crew can access the cockpit of a plane, in this case an Airbus 320, once they leave it.

More details and video here.