(MyFoxBoston.com/AP) -- One of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit just before a Germanwings passenger plane crashed Tuesday in the French Alps, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Meanwhile, prosecutors said the co-pilot, alone at the controls, was conscious until impact and began the descent "intentionally," according to Associated Press reports.
The co-pilot was identified as a 28-year-old German man named Andreas Lubitz.
The Germanwings co-pilot appeared to want to "destroy the plane," according to a French prosecutor, who added that nothing indicates that the crash was a terrorist attack. There was no indication that Lubitz had any terrorist background, according to a German security official.
In the recordings, alarms are sounded as banging is heard on the armored door of the Germanwings cockpit. Just before the crash, the prosecutor said the Germanwings passengers could be heard screaming.
The CEO of Germanwings parent company Lufthansa said that there was no indication what co-pilot's motive was.
According to Germanwings, 144 passengers and six crew members were on board, including three Americans.
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