Germanwings Airbus Swooping For 8 Minutes, Before the Fall

A senior airline Germanwings, Thomas Winkelmann (right) while giving a press conference in Cologne, Germany, on Tuesday (03/24/2015).

Management airline Germanwings said Airbus A320 flights Barcelona-Duesseldorf which fell in France, Tuesday (03/24/2015), began to lose altitude one minute after reaching cruising altitude.

Furthermore, for eight minutes later, the 24-year-old aircraft that continue to fall until the end through the earth in the Alps, France.

"The aircraft made radar contact with the French. The relationship last with French air traffic controllers recorded at 10:53 at an altitude of about 6,000 feet. Soon, the plane crashed," said Director of Germanwings Thomas Winkelmann in a press conference.

Winkelmann added, the plane that crashed had just undergone routine maintenance by a team of technicians Lufthansa on Monday (03/23/2015).

Furthermore, Winkelmann added, the pilot who flew the plane crash was an experienced pilot who had worked for Germanwings and Lufthansa for 10 years and won 6,000 flight hours.

Currently, more Winkelmann, a team of investigators are working to find the cause of the crash which carries 150 passengers and crew members it.