CNN CNN International March 27, 2015 07:08:00
Dusseldorf, germany. at 10:27, that is when they believe the plane reached a cruising altitude of some 38,000 feet. at that point it is thought that the captain got up to go to the bathroom leaving lubitz in control of the plane. the captain was somehow locked out of the cockpit on the cockpit flight recorder. you can hear the captain trying to smash down the door. you can hear the desperate screams of passengers in the final moments of that flight. now, it is believed that around 10:31 a.m. lubitz manually reset the autopilot and the plane began its descent and then by 10:40 the plane lost co...