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Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz went on a spending spree and bought a pair of performance sports cars in the days before he caused one of the worst air disasters in living memory, it has been claimed.

German media have reported that Lubitz bought two luxurious Audi vehicles in the weeks leading up to the day he flew a plane carrying more than 100 passengers into a ravine in the French Alps.

Focus magazine has claimed that he visited a dealership 20 minutes outside of Dusseldorf and purchased two brand-new cars on the spot. It was claimed he bought at least one of the cars for his girlfriend, Focus said. There was also speculation the relationship had recently ended, just before the crash.

Staff at the Schnitzler Autohaus in Hilden did not deny that he had visited their warehouse showroom of cars, many of which retail for in excess of £50,000 (NZ$100,000).

Manager Jaroslaw Poleszny told The Daily Telegraph that it was possible he had visited the dealership but could give no further detail.

He said: "We naturally can give no customer information out publicly."

One vehicle for sale in the showroom had a price tag of more than £120,000.

A detective in the state investigations branch said that questions about Lubitz's alleged profligate spending would be addressed in a press conference

The town of Hilden where Lubitz is thought to have bought the vehicles is just minutes from the flat that he is thought to have used as a pied-a-terre.

On Thursday night plain-clothes officers were seen leaving the third floor of the distinctive white Art Deco property with several full evidence bags.

Nordrhein-Westfalen police spokesman Marcel Fiebig confirmed that various items including documents had been seized from the property.

He said: "We will see whether this will explain what happened - everything is being examined."

A German flag had been tied to a lamppost outside the block while clearly upset neighbours refused to answer questions about Lubitz's residence in the area.

Meanwhile a young woman was subjected to a flood of media attention yesterday after a report surfaced online falsely claiming that she was Lubitz's erstwhile partner.

Valeria Cellitti, a 28-year-old Italian woman living in Switzerland, was mistakenly identified as Lubitz's girlfriend.

The identity of Lubitz's genuine past romantic connections has remained clouded in mystery as German police and prosecutors rigidly observe the nation's strict privacy laws.

Even as intimate details of Lubitz's life begin to emerge in the international press, many German outlets continue to blur his face and omit his surname from their reports.

Despite the near total information blackout regarding aspects of Lubitz's relationships, there is speculation that personal issues may have led him to destroy the jet under his command.

The co-pilot blamed for deliberately crashing a German airliner into the Alps had concealed an illness from his employers and tore up a doctor's note that called for him to go on medical leave on the day of the tragedy, according to a statement from German prosecutors.

The news came amid more shocking revelations about the captain's desperate measures to force his way back into the cockpit, using an axe to try and break down the fortified door.

Andreas Lubitz, the 27-year-old Germanwings co-pilot, locked the captain out of the cockpit during Tuesday's flight, set the autopilot for a height of 30 metres, then stayed calm and quiet as he sent the plane hurtling to the ground.French prosecutors said the cockpit flight recorder was peppered with the sounds of the increasingly frantic banging on the cockpit door. And - as a chilling counterpoint - there was only the subtle sounds of Lubitz breathing after apparently setting the plane on a gradual descent into the mountains of southern France with 150 people aboard.

"Andreas, open that door! Open that door!'" the pilot yelled before reaching for the axe, France's private television channel Metropole 6 reported, citing French investigators.

The German newspaper Bild, citing security sources, also reported the pilot tried to slice into the door with an axe, which is part of the normal safety equipment aboard an A320.

But cockpit doors around the world have been made to near combat-grade strength since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The doors now have complex locking systems and reinforced materials that can include Kevlar, a fiber-weave built to resist gunfire.

On Friday, the parent company of Germanwings, Lufthansa, joined the growing list of airlines around the world requiring two crew members in the cockpit at all times. The rules were imposed for U.S. carriers after the 9/11 attacks, but not followed by all airlines around the world.

Meanwhile, police found a medical certificate and other documents during a search on Thursday (local time) at Lubitz's Dusseldorf apartment.