Shock and anger after 'deliberate' Germanwings crash

Marignane - The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight appears to have deliberately crashed the plane after locking his captain out of the cockpit, French officials said, with the "unimaginable" development sparking global shock and anger among victims' loved ones.

In a chilling account of the final minutes of Germanwings Flight 4U 9525, lead prosecutor Brice Robin said on Thursday that 28-year-old German Andreas Lubitz initiated the plane's descent into the French Alps while alone at the controls.

Lubitz appeared to "show a desire to want to destroy" the plane, Robin told reporters after his team analysed the Airbus A320's cockpit voice recorder.