The final moments on the Germanwings plane that crashed into the French Alps sound like something out of a horror movie.
“Andreas, open that door! Open that door!'” the pilot of the plane was heard yelling as he tried to break down the cockpit door with a axe. He was referring to co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, who is accused of locking himself in the cockpit before slamming the plane into a mountain.
Passengers were also heard crying out in terror as they realized the plane was about to crash, according to prosecutors who listened to the cockpit flight recorder. Investigators heard banging on the door while Lubitz said nothing and could only heard his breathing, reported the Washington Post.
In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, cockpit doors are quite resilient nowadays and are reinforced with Kevlar and complex locking mechanisms, which means it would have been nearly impossible for the pilot to get through with an axe (axes are standard-issue on planes). The doors are now meant to withstand gunshots.
And new details have also emerged regarding Lubitz, 28, on Friday.
