A-320 GermanWings crash

10:20 a.m. (0920 GMT, 3:20 a.m. EDT)
A pilot who flew the A320 for six years said the cockpit has safeguards in case one pilot inside becomes incapacitated while the other is outside. Normally, he said, someone trying to get inside the cockpit requests access and a camera feed lets the pilot decide whether to accept or specifically deny access.
If there is no response, a member of the flight crew can tap in an emergency code again requesting access. If there is still no response, the door opens automatically after another 30 seconds. If, however, the person in the cockpit denies access, the door remains locked, said the pilot. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not want to meddle in the investigation.
The pilot says airlines in Europe are not required to have two people in the cockpit at all times.
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8:55 a.m. (0755 GMT, 1:55 a.m. EDT)
Lufthansa says the co-pilot joined Germanwings in September 2013, directly after training, and had flown 630 hours.
The captain had more than 6,000 hours of flying time and been Germanwings pilot since May 2014, having previously flown for Lufthansa and Condor, Lufthansa said.
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8:20 a.m. (0720 GMT, 1:20 a.m. EDT)
An official with knowledge of the audio recordings from the Germanwings flight says one of the pilots apparently was locked out of the cockpit when the plane went down.
The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation, told The Associated Press Thursday the details emerged from recordings recovered from the black box found among the debris of the pulverized aircraft.
Lufthansa on Thursday said it had no new information about the investigation and could neither confirm nor deny reports about the pilot.