“A downward trajectory of this kind can only be the result of a voluntary action by the crew,” an expert told AFP.
“Flying straight into the mountains makes no sense,” the expert said. “It is either an abnormal action by the crew, while perfectly aware of what they are doing, or an inability to react for some reason.”
Earlier the New York Times reported an audio recording recovered at the crash site revealed one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit when the plane crashed.
The pilots’ conversations were normal until one of them can be heard leaving the cockpit. It’s unclear where he disappears to. When the pilot returns he knocks lightly, trying to gain access to the then locked cockpit, but there is no response.
“And then he hits the door stronger and no answer. There is never an answer,” a senior military official involved in the investigation, was quoted as saying.
He added the sound indicates the pilot was trying to smash down the door.
It is unclear whether it was the captain or first officer who left the cockpit.
All 150 people on board, including 16 schoolchildren and two babies, are confirmed dead after the plane crashed in a remote area in south-eastern France, near Digne-les-Bains in the Alpes de Haute Provence region on Tuesday morning.
The plane was on its way from Barcelona, Spain, for Dusseldorf when tragedy struck.
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