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PARIS, April 1 (UPI) -- French prosecutor Brice Robin said any video showing the last seconds before the Germanwings crash must be handed over to authorities. German media outlet Bild and French magazine Paris Match reported Tuesday they had obtained cellphone footage from inside the plane in its final moments before the crash that killed 150 people. Robin said he was not aware of the video.
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Bild reported the video was recorded at the rear of the plane. There are audible screams amid chaos. The newspaper said the video confirms voice recorder analysis of three metallic sounds, apparently of the captain attempting to break open the cockpit door with an ax or other metal object.
The newspaper describes the aircraft as touching a mountain, the cabin blowing to the side while hearing people's cries before the video ends.
Meanwhile, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr and Germanwings Chief Executive Thomas Winkelmann visited a memorial near the site of the crash.
"It was very important for us to come here today to mourn the victims, to experience the deep sorrow here at this monument," Spohr said. "Nothing is the same any more."
Spohr pledged his support for making the location into a place of mourning and to "restore this beautiful countryside as much as we can when the investigation is finished."
Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, 27, is suspected of deliberately flying the plane into a mountain. It was revealed on Monday that Lubitz received treatment for suicidal tendencies before receiving his license to fly.
