The BEA agency said in a statement Friday that investigators have begun studying the second black box data recorder from the plane, found at the crash site Thursday.
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It says an initial reading of the recorder shows that the pilot used the automatic pilot to put the plane into a descent and then repeatedly during the descent adjusted the automatic pilot to speed up the plane.
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Based on recordings from the black box voice recorder, investigators say co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked the pilot out of the cockpit and intentionally crashed the plane. All 150 people aboard were killed.
Four pictures showing the damaged black box data flight recorder are seen during a press conference given by French prosecutor of Marseille, Brice Robin (not pictured), in Marseille April 2, 2015 (REUTERS)
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