Germanwings black box recording transcript
Wreckage of the Airbus A320 is seen at the site of the crash, near Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps March 26, 2015. A young German co-pilot locked himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings flight 9525 and set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, prosecutors said on Thursday. French prosecutors offered no motive for why 28-year-old Andreas Lubitz apparently took the controls of the Airbus A320, locked the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately set it veering down from cruising altitude at 3,000 feet per minute. REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

Transcripts of the black box recordings from the doomed Germanwings flight 9525 have revealed Captain Sondenheimer shouting "Open the goddamn door!" as he tries to break into the locked cockpit.

According to the transcripts, published in German newspaper Bild, the recordings begin normally, with Captain Sondenheimer apologizing to passengers for a 26-minute delay in Barcelona.

The captain then talks to co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who tells him that he can go to the toilet at any time, and that Lubitz will take control of the plane.

Shortly after, at 10:27 a.m., the aircraft reached its cruising altitude of 38,000 ft, and the captain tells his co-pilot he can prepare for landing.

According to crash investigators, Lubitz replies to the captain with cryptic comments such as "hopefully" and "we'll see".

Then Lubitz tells his captain, "You can go now."

Soon after, the sound of a chair being pushed back can be heard, with a door opening and closing.

At 10:29 am, the flight radar records that the plane is descending. At 10:32 a.m., air traffic controllers attempt to contact the aircraft but receive no response. An automatic alarm signal sounds at this time.

Soon after, sounds of loud banging are heard on the recording, with Sondenheimer shouting: "For God's sake, open the door."

Passengers are screaming in the background and at 10:35 a.m. "loud metallic banging against the cockpit door" is heard.

There were reports that Sondenheimer used a crowbar to try and break down the cockpit door, according to Bild. A Germanwings spokesman also confirmed that a crowbar was on board the plane.

About a minute and a half later there is another warning message: "Ground! Pull up! Pull up!"

Sondhenheimer is shouting: "Open the goddamn door!" Lubitz did not reply. Only the sound of his breathing is heard.

Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin gave the account of the cockpit voice recordings at a press conference. He said: "The intention was to destroy the plane. Death was instant. The plane hit the mountain at 430mph.

"I don't think that the passengers realized what was happening until the last moments because on the recording you only hear the screams in the final seconds."

Asked if he believed the plane crash could be called a suicide, he said: "People who commit suicide usually do so alone. ... I don't call it a suicide."