Flight security

Germanwings plane crash: Pilot'locked out of cockpit'

One of the two pilots of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps was locked out of the cockpit, according to reports.

David Kaminski-Morrow, air transport editor of Flightglobal, said that normally a locked cockpit door could be opened with a code.

"But inside there is a simple switch on the control panel the pilot would turn to lock the door," he said.