8:55 a.m. (0755 GMT, 1:55 a.m. EDT)
Lufthansa says the co-pilot joined Greenwings 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.