A French prosecutor has denied the existence of a cell phone video that captures the final moments before Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed last week. However, an editor with a French paper that claims to have seen the footage said it was the most disturbing things he’s seen.
German newspaper Bild and French publication Paris Match said its journalists had seen the video. “The scenes seen on the video were chaotic and very wobbly,” Reuters said of Bild’s claims. “Screams and shouts of ‘My God’ could be heard, indicating the passengers knew what was happening,” the report added.
“One can hear cries of ‘My God’ in several languages,” Paris Match said in its own report. “Metallic banging can also be heard more than three times, perhaps of the pilot trying to open the cockpit door with a heavy object. Towards the end, after a heavy shake, stronger than the others, the screaming intensifies. Then nothing.”
But Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, who is in charge of the investigation into the crash, denied there was a video.
He told CNN that “so far no videos were used in the crash investigation,” and he noted: “A person who has such a video needs to immediately give it to the investigators.”
However, the co-editor of Paris Match, Regis Lessommier, said the video is one of the most disturbing things he’s ever seen, reported ABC News.
Lessommier told ABC he watched the video in Marseille, which is close to the crash site.
He claims someone involved in the recovery operation showed the footage to him. He didn’t say who the person is.
Lufthansa knew that the co-pilot of the passenger plane that crashed in the French Alps last week had suffered from an episode of “severe depression” before he finished his flight training with the German airline.
