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Published: Sunday, March 29, 2015, 9:41 AM
Updated: Monday, March 30, 2015, 2:00 AM
ALBERT GEA/REUTERSOn a recording from the Germanwings flight that crashed last week, the other pilot can be heard screaming for Andreas Lubitz to "open the goddamn door," as he tries to get back into the cockpit.
As the doomed Germanwings flight plunged into the French Alps, the captain locked out of the cockpit screamed to his mentally ill co-pilot, “Open the goddamn door!”
A leaked transcript of Flight 9525’s final terrifying minutes reveal Capt. Patrick Sonderheimer's desperate attempts to stop Andreas Lubitz from apparently sending the Airbus A320 into a death-dive killing himself and the 149 people onboard.
The chilling details published in the German newspaper Bild show that before takeoff the pilots had typical conversations as they prepared to depart for Dusseldorf, Germany.
The sequence of events detailed in a translation of the Bild article by CNN could not be independently verified.
Sonderheimer tells Lubitz, 27, he hadn’t managed to use the bathroom in Barcelona. Lubitz replies he can go anytime.
Once the plane reaches a cruising altitude of 38,000 feet, the captain orders Lubitz to prepare the landing.
As Sonderheimer discusses plans for their arrival, Lubitz ominously replies, “Hopefully” and “We’ll see.”
Lubitz then tells the pilot, “You can go now.”
There is the sound of a seat moving backward. The captain says, “You can take over.”
At 10:29 a.m. local time, the plane begins to descend.
Three minutes later, air-traffic controllers attempt to contact the plane and receive no reply. An alarm goes off in the cockpit repeating: “Sink rate.”
Then, a loud bang. “For God’s sake, open the door!” Sonderheimer shouts as passengers scream in the background.
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Before crashing the plane, Lubitz was told by the other pilot, Capt. Patrick Sonderheimer, to prepare the plane for landing, with the suicidal pilot creepily replying with "we'll see" and "hopefully."
STRINGER/REUTERSAfter listening to the cockpit voice recorders, French prosecutors offered no motive for why Lubitz would take the controls of the plane, lock the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately crash into the mountain.
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At 10:35 a.m., something metallic repeatedly slams in the background — possibly Sonderheimer trying to bust into the cockpit. The plane has plummeted to 23,000 feet in about six minutes.
Only 90 seconds later, a second alarm warns: “Terrain. Pull up.” The plane is down to around 16,400 feet.
“Open the goddamn door!” the captain screams.
Then, only Lubitz’s breathing.
At 10:40 a.m., a loud scraping sound — likely of the plane’s right wing colliding with a mountaintop — is followed by more screams.
They are the last sounds captured by the voice recorder.
ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty ImagesThe crash killed all 150 people on board, with workers looking to gather the wreckage from the small pieces the plane broke into after hitting the mountain at such high speeds.
Authorities have said they believe Lubitz intentionally reset the plane’s autopilot from 38,000 feet to 96 feet, killing himself and the passengers and crew.
Documents found at his home in Dusseldorf reveal he hid a mental illness from his bosses. A torn-up doctor’s note declaring him “unfit to work” was among the damning paperwork.
Various outlets reported Lubitz had prescriptions for depression and was increasingly stressed about a vision problem that could be linked to his psychological condition.
One of Lubitz’s ex-girlfriend’s told Bild that he once said he would “do something” that would etch his name in history.
Another friend said that he had no doubt the co-pilot was familiar with the area where the plane and its passengers were obliterated.
“He was passionate about the Alps, even obsessed,” said Dieter Wagner, who knew Lubitz through a gliding club.
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