In France and Germany did not speculate on reports about the pilot, who left the cabin liner Germanwings – Rosbalt.RU

PARIS, March 26. In France, do not give comments about the allegedly did not return to the cockpit of the Airbus A320 pilot.

In the Office of the analysis and investigation of accidents in transport (BEA) neither confirmed nor denied this information. “We do not comment,” – said it in a conversation with TASS about the leak.

In the German airline Germanwings were also unable to confirm or deny reports of what happened on board. “At the moment we have no information from the competent authorities to support this,” – said in a statement the carrier.

The newspaper The New York Times released a sensational material, which states that shortly before the ship suffered crash, the pilot got out of the cab. This was told by an investigator who is familiar with the testimony of flight recorders. Start the flight took place quietly, without incident, the source said, but then left the cockpit and the pilot was unable to return. On the recording, you can hear him knocking, trying to get in. Receiving no answer, he knocks stronger, but also to no avail.

According to experts the radio station “Moscow speaking”, this development indicates that the commander of the ship cabin door locked from the inside. “There are two types of lock – coded button. Press the button repeatedly held some time in the cockpit alarm sounds, and if the commander does not want the door opened, it blocks the opening. But it must be in the mind to do it,” – said one of the pilots.

Experts point out that the plane was losing height rapidly reduce staff, but slower emergency. This indicates that the autopilot was switched off. At the same time, according to the pilots, Airbus can not fall into a tailspin, because such aircraft is adequate protection. “Airbus is made so that it can not fall down. It protects against errors. On the Boeing no such protection, it can be any bank, any spin. At Airbus everything is thought out,” – said the expert.

The co-pilot had a liner not too much experience – only 630 hours of flight experience, said a spokesman for Lufthansa. “He was the first officer in the Germanwings in September 2013,” – added to the company – was trained in the Lufthansa training center in Bremen in northern Germany “.

However, the main pilot of the Airbus flew more than 6 thousand. Hours on this type of aircraft.

Airbus A320 airline Germanwings (loukoster Lufthansa), en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, crashed Tuesday afternoon in a remote area in the southeast of France. In the crash killed 150 people. In Lufthansa said that we are probably talking about the accident. The French experts until there is no explanation for the disaster.