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Tabloid. they say that this is directly from the transcript of the voice recorder dana. >> that transcript as it is reported is incredibly scary as you can imagine. when you get to those last few minutes of the flight. what does it say? >> reporter: yeah absolutely. it's absolutely chilling what this transcript seems to offer. it begins at 10:29 local time as they are flying over central europe flying over southern europe there near france there. air traffic control remember at this point in time the captain has already left the cockpit. air traffic radar detects that the plane is beginning to...

Co-pilot andreas lubitz may have deliberately flown that plane into a mountainside. a german tabloid today publish timeline based on the evidence on the cockpit voice recorder though nbc has not verified this. at 10:27 a.m. the plane creatures cruising altitude of 38,000 feet. the pilot says to prepare the plane for landing. lubitz says quote, hopefully. he tells the pilot, you can now go. the pilot leaves the cockpit. at 10:29, flight radar detects the plane is losing altitude. at 10:32, air traffic controllers try to contact that plane. they receive no answer from the aircraft. the sync rate...

Transportation safety board. he has investigated some of the best-known aviation accidents of the past. he is our guest now. a target airspeed of 137 knots, you just heard debra hersman talking about the fact they were flying significantly slower than that, peter. she said we're not just talking about a few knots her here what does that tell you and what is happening to the plane? >> what what it tells you the crew were not paying attention to their avionics and to their readouts. the per person who has his hands on the wheel, who is flying the plane is responsible for keeping the airport in s...

That is measured electronically and normally you have lights out there a combination of red and white lights to tell you are on the glide path. you have an whether established air speeds and sync right say 300 to 400 feet per minute. clearly this got too low on the glide path and too high a sync rate which it was unable to arrest before it struck that wall. again, the investigators who are on their way, faa will be involved and n.t.s.b. will lead the investigation. boeing will participate. the airline will be invited to participate. they will bring all the best experts in. i assure you n.t.s.b...

Careful about taking the release through this german tabloid to be factual. >> what part are you concerned about, john? >> well specifically the term sync rate is not one that i would expect to hear at high altitude. that is not an alarm that is in anything other than i believe, it's right after takeoff or potentially on approach. but it is not one that you would hear at high altitude. so that tells me -- i'm a bit suspicious they may have bits and pieces or somebody's memory of it. you could hear that sync rate but very very close to the ground. you would also hear things such as terrain ahea...