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Lubitz, german citizen. he initially was reported he is 28 but were getting reports that he is 27 years old. there was nothing unusual nothing to suggest that this was -- that possibly he had any psychological problems. we know that he began his training in 2008, but he took a break in 2009. its unclear why he took a break for six months but he did come back, and according to investigators he went through psychological testing and was deemed fine to continue with training and start flying. now, ...

A steady stairstep kind of climb down. it would have spiraled down it would -- some other formation. but it wouldnt have just slowly descended, even though it was 4,000 feet a minute thats a reasonable landing rate if you will, but obviously, they had to place to land. and again, fortunately, we have the voice recorder, the french authorities and investigators will read that out, we may have more information on that tomorrow, and im sure theyll be looking very quickly and carefully for that data...

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Really what happened, and this is not confirmed yet, if this is really what happened, then that voice recording black box will be more important than the flight data recording. that will mean this is not a technical issue, but something that is more human. >> claudeio lavanga at the crash site, thank you. the news reported by "the new york times" just a few moments ago tonight, that one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit on that fateful airbus 320 flight from barcelona, to dusseldorf. e...

Its been used basically as a weapon, both for good and for bad. you know that jet blue flight from new york to las vegas, the reinforced ok cockpit door was a very good thing there. that was the turning pilot in that pilots psychotic break. he apparently was fine when he first got into the cockpit. something went wrong once he was in there. the copilot apparently reportedly noticed it was able to get that pilot out long enough to lock him out. that is how that flight was saved. the door was help...

On collision course with the french alps. dropping 32,000 feet in just 8 minutes. at the end of the black box recording sudden and chilling screams from the passengers on board. >> you only hear the screams literally on the last moment of the recording. >> 10:40 a.m. total mayhem. french air traffic control loses contact as the air bus 320 slams into the french alps. pulverizing the fuselage and all 120 passengers. >> the the prosecutor said you could hear the co-pilot breathing right into the m...

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Flying. a computerized plane with a good safety record. in december an airasia a-320 crashed into the java sea killing 162 on board. the cause is still under investigation. in 2009 the miracle on the hudson in new york caused by a bird strike everyone survived thanks to some expert piloting. this particular plane was 24 years old, it had just gone through a maintenance check the day before. we can tell you the priority for french investigators is to actually listen to the cockpit voice recorder ...

Door down. there is never an answer. he said, can you hear he is trying to smash the door down. the airbus a-320 crashed in the french alps yesterday morning on a flight from barcelona, spain, to dusseldorf germany, carrying 144 passengers and 6 crew members. today we learned three passengers were americans. there were no survivors. joining me by phone, ntsb board member, katie higgins. this was just published and were all shaking our head at the horror of this. your response? >> chris, it compo...