According to a new timeline and transcript released by the German newspaper Bild, Germanwings Flight 9525 pilot Andreas Lubitz encouraged his co-pilot to use the bathroom just moments before he intentionally crashed the plane into the French Alps last week.
Audio from the cockpit voice recorder recovered from Germanwings flight U49525 indicates the co-pilot intended to "destroy the aircraft," said Brice Robin, Public Prosecutor of Marseille, on Thursday.
New audio recovered from Germanwings flight U49525 indicates one of the pilots had been locked out of the cockpit moments before the plane crashed into the French Alps Tuesday.