Germanwings plane crash: pilot locked out of cockpit

Updated March 26 2015 - 12:36pm, first published 12:00pm
French investigators sift through wreckage at the crash site. Photo: Reuters
French investigators sift through wreckage at the crash site. Photo: Reuters

Paris: As officials struggled to explain why a jet with 150 people on board crashed in relatively clear skies, an investigator said evidence from a cockpit voice recorder indicated one pilot left the cockpit before the plane's descent and was unable to get back in.