French investigators return to their base after a day of work at the site of the Germanwings crash near Seyne-les-Alpes, in the French Alps, on March 31, 2015.(Photo: Jean-Pierre Clatot, AFP/Getty Images)
Two European publications said Tuesday they have obtained video taken inside the plane in the seconds before Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed into a steep ravine in the French Alps.
Paris Match and Bild said the cellphone video was found amid the wreckage by a source close to the investigation.
French police said the video was a hoax, but the German newspaper Bild said its authenticity was unquestionable.
"The scene was so chaotic that it was hard to identify people," Paris Match reported. "But the sounds of the screaming passengers made it perfectly clear that they were aware of what was about to happen to them."
Neither publication immediately published the video.
Paris Match said the sounds in the video do appear to match the background sounds captured by the cockpit voice recorder.
The news weekly said cries of "My God" could be heard in several languages.
"Metallic banging can also be heard more than three times, perhaps of the pilot trying to open the cockpit door with a heavy object," the publication said. "Towards the end, after a heavy shake, stronger than the others, the screaming intensifies. Then nothing."
Bild said the scene on board was chaotic, "totally blurred and no individuals can be identified." The newspaper said the video was recorded in the rear of the plane, but it could not determine whether the cellphone owner was sitting or standing.
"Just before the end of the video, the aircraft seems to be touching a mountain," Bild said. "It looks like the cabin gets blown to the side. Once again you can hear people cry — then the video ends."
Bild quoted a phone "tester," Dirk Lorenz, as saying the phone probably could not survive such a crash but the memory card could.
German prosecutors say the co-pilot accused of deliberately crashing a Germanwings plane hid an illness from his employers. A doctor's note found inside his home reportedly says Lubitz required an extensive medical leave from work. VPC
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French prosecutors said today that the pilot of the Germanwings plane was locked out of the cockpit during the crash. Here's a look at how an Airbus 320 cockpit should work. Sierra Oshrin
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The co-pilot responsible for crashing a Germanwings airplane into the French Alps underwent training at a facility in Goodyear, Arizona. VPC
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A French prosecutor alleges that the co-pilot intentionally sent Germanwings Flight 9525 into its doomed descent. He is identified as German national Andreas Lubitz. VPC
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French investigators comb the crash site where a Germanwings jetliner went down in the Alps, killing all 150 people onboard. Airline industry officials are looking into the safety record of the Airbus A320. VPC
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President Obama expressed his condolences for the victims of the Germanwings Flight 9525 jet crash. VPC
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Rescue crews combed a section of the French Alps Tuesday, looking through the wreckage of a Germanwings flight that crashed, killing 150 people aboard. (March 24) AP
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Investigators and people who knew Andreas Lubitz say there were no warning signs that could have predicted his decision to intentionally crash a Germanwings airliner Tuesday, killing himself and 149 others. (March 26) AP
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Family and friends of the mother and daughter from Virginia, Yvonne and Emily Selke, who were killed in the crash of a German airliner in the French Alps described the victims as "caring, amazing" people. VPC
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World leaders from France, Germany and Spain arrive at the staging site where a Germanwings flight crashed into an Alpine mountainside. (March 24) AP
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USA TODAY's Hadley Malcolm speaks with Kim Hjelmgaard regarding the latest details from the press conference of the Lufthansa plane crash. USA TODAY
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Germanwings flight 9525 crashed Tuesday in the French Alps with 150 passengers and crew on board. USA TODAY
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Even in developing nations, the risk is only one death in one million flights. Image courtesy AP Jason Allen
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Around 150 people are feared dead after a passenger jet went down in southern France. Lufthansa, which owns the Germanwings plane, called it a "dark day" for the airline. VPC
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