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The second black box from the doomed Germanwings Airbus A320 has been recovered from the French Alps crash site, it has been revealed today.

The box, which was the second of two on the plane, has been the centre of a hunt by search crews since the first was recovered last week.

One of the prosecutors of the case, announced this afternoon that the box had been recovered and is currently being examined.

It is thought to hold key data into what happened on the flight, including whether or not Lubitz intentionally locked the cockpit door and set the plane on a deadly course.

The first box discovered revealed the dramatic last moments of Flight 4U9525 with the captain screaming at Andreas Lubitz “Open the goddamn door”.

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Patrick Sondenheimer, pilot of the traffic plane, is heard frantically pleading with the killer to let him into the cockpit, just seconds before crashing into the Alps.

The recording is said to begin normally, with the captain apologising to passengers for an almost 30 minute delay in Barcelona.

He then tells them he expects the flight to make up the lost time mid-flight to Dusseldorf.

Revealed in the German newspaper Bild, the recordings then show the tragic captain chatting with Lubitz for the next 20 minutes.

According to the paper, the killer co-pilot then tells Mr Sondenheimer he can go to the toilet at any time – noting that he had not relieved himself at the airport in Barcelona.

A short while later, 10.27am, the plane has reached its cruising altitude of 38,000ft and the captain tells Lubitz to prepare for the landing.

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According to investigators, the co-pilot’s responses are said to be “laconic”, with the 27-year-old using phrase such as “hopefully” and “we’ll see”.

In one chilling exchange, Lubitz tells the pilot “You can go now” and just two minutes later, the captain is heard saying “You can take over”, before a seat is pushed back and a door opens and closes.

It is at this point that the plane begins to descend and at 10.32am air traffic controllers attempt to contact the flight without any luck.

Shortly after a ‘Sink Rate’ alarm signals followed by loud banging on the cockpit door and Sondenheimer yelling: “For god’s sake, open the door.”

According to the report, passengers can now be heard screaming in the background, before, at 10.35am, “loud metallic banging against the cockpit door” is heard once more.

Just over a minute later, another alarm begins with an automated message going: “Ground. Pull up. Pull up.”

At this point the pilot can be heard screaming: “Open the goddam door.”

As the plane speeds towards the Alps, Lubitz can be heard breathing in the cockpit before the very last moment is picked up by the black box – the plane hitting the ground at 10.40am, with the chilling screams of passengers in the background.