- Andreas Lubitz’s teacher girlfriend Kathrin Goldbach had told her students she was pregnant two weeks prior to the disaster
- Lubitz was said to have been planning to marry her, although it has also been reported she had lost patience with his recent erratic behaviour
- Goldbach was said to have been making her way to the crash site
- Lubitz lived with his girlfriend in Dusseldorf in a prestigious neighbourhood
Lubitz’s apartment where he lived with his girlfriend. Image: Supplied - Goldbach is believed to have taught English and Maths at Krefeld’s Gesamtschule Kaiserplatz.
- Staff at the school tried to keep her identity under wraps, refusing to divulge information about her or her situation
- Another ex-girlfriend is alleged to have said he had told her he was planning a spectacular gesture that would go down in history
New harrowing information has also been released of recordings from the black box in the minutes before the plane fell.
- The captain made two desperate attempts to get back onto the flightdeck before the plane crashed, while Lubitz ignored him
- The captain is heard pleading with Lubitz to “Open the damn door!” on the black box voice recording
- Tragically, passengers are heard screaming in distress, indicating they were aware they were of their fate.
- At 10.40 the plane’s right wing hit the Alps, and with this the final noise of the passengers’ harrowing cries are heard on the tape.
A tribute to the victims set up at the site of the crash Image: Supplied
