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Cabin. this turns that equation on its head. we may need to protect the cabin from the cockpit. that fundamentally changes the security threat. so here we have a situation, and, you know, from what we know, the voice recorder obviously, clearly he intentionally did this. and then we had data streaming, that led us to understand exactly what he did. i mean he was a smart opportunist in that sense, right after cruising altitude he probably either knew the captain would go to the restroom or its pr...

The pilot or copilot knocks on the door. the question is is it the pilot or the copilot who is left or is it somebody with other sben intent. ? there is a peep hole they can look through and confirm it is the person who is supposed to be in the cockpit so they can unlock the door. a simple human way to address a safety issue, but clearly it i believe would have been made a big difference in this accident. >> in terms of that locked door and the protocols around it we all watched airbus 320 train...

Andreas loubas only job to fly people safely to their destination, instead flew them to their deaths locking his captain out of the airbus a 320 flight deck aiming into the french alps. the flight tracking web site flight radar 24 showing data he set the autopilot as low as it would go sealing the fate of 149 lives. tonight, all the questions being raised about what possessed him to do it and how airlines can spot a rogue pilot if they can at all. also reassessing the cockpit security measures t...

Citizen. and he started his flight training in 2008. but he halted it put it on pause in 2009 for six months. its unclear why. again, as amy was talking about there were reports maybe he was burnt out depressed. thats not confirmed. airline officials didnt confirm anything like that. they didnt go into any detail. but they said when he came back after that six-month break he went through psychological testing. he was deemed fit to continue with the training. and then he actually started flying i...

The rules to allow for two people always in that cockpit. weve huh on for analysis many times in this past year for various crashes, unfortunately. but what do you make of the circumstances, miles, in that cockpit? the data indicating, pointing the finger at a deliberate act by a co-pilot. >> well, i think you have to look at some of the underlying causes here, natalie. this pilot, with give or take 600 hours, is an infant of a pilot. with only 100 hours of experience on the airbus a-320. someon...

Silently steer this air bus 320 into did french alps. a move that seems to be predetermined. new data showing minutes before the crash, the auto pilot was reset from the cruising altitude to 100 feet lowest possible setting. we do have our cnn reporters spanned out across the world to the crash site itself to the american flight sentcenter where this pilot spent time training. first to you will at this pilots apartment in germany. investigators arent saying specifically what this co-pilots medic...

Signs? could there have been indications that this person might have been mentally unstable? >> no. the pilot has passed all his tests, all his medical exams. we have at lufthansa the reporting system where crew can report without being punished their own problems or they can report about problems of others without any kind of punishment. that hasnt been used either in this case. so all the safety nets, all the safety nets we are so proud of here have not worked in this case. >> the opportunity ...

Cant get worse in the middle east they can get worse in the meefrt and we could end up in a proxy war against ourselves. >> and be for iran in one country, against in another and foreign against in the same country all at the same time. >> all at the same time. before lunch. >> what a way to end the week. thank you all for joining us here in washington. have a wonderful weekend. "the rundown" is up next. straight ahead on msnbc. and good morning. im jose diaz-balart. we begin "the rundown" wit...

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Moments of germanwings flight 9525. marseilles prosecutor brice robin says co-pilot andreas lubitz wanted to destroy the aircraft, but its unclear why. the audio from the aircrafts mangled cockpit voice recorder reveals the german co-pilot was alone at the controls when the airbus 320 crashed, killing an 150 people on board. >> translator: we from lufthansa are speechless that the aircraft was deliberately crashed by the co-pilot. >> reporter: the recording lets the co-pilot didnt let the captai...