A pilot who once flew with killer airman Andreas Lubitz yesterday spoke of how he flew the 'route of death ' between Barcelona and Dusseldorf just two days after the Alps tragedy . Frank Woiton said he hugged each individual passenger as he boarded the plane and prepared to retrace the route taken by the ill-fated Germanwings jet . The father-of-two described a 'crazy mood ' among the crew and passengers , saying 'you could read it in their faces ' . Speaking to German newspaper Bild , the 48-year-old told of how he received a huge round of applause after he delivered an emotional speech before take off . Reassuring : Pilot Frank Woiton , who once flew with Andreas Lubitz ( pictured ) , said he hugged each individual passenger as he boarded the plane and prepared to retrace the route taken by the ill-fated Germanwings jet . 'Sure , I will take your from Dusseldorf to Barcelona . You can rely on the fact that I want to sit this evening with my family at the dinner table , ' he told passengers over the intercom . He added : 'People should see that in the cockpit there is also another human being . ' Mr Woiton , who also volunteered to work the day after the crash when a number of Germanwings crew refused to fly , also described a flight he shared with Lubitz . ' I remember him well and I left my seat from time to time in the air to use the toilet . ‘ When I flew with him he told me of his training and how happy he was . He said that he wanted to fly long-haul routes and become a captain . ‘ He had mastered the plane very well , he had everything under control . That ’ s why I left him alone in the cockpit , to go to the toilet. ’ His revelations came after a woman travelling on another Germanwings flight described how another pilot had gone above and beyond to reassure passengers . Britta Englisch wrote on the airline 's Facebook page that the pilot on her domestic flight in Germany had greeted each passengers individually before making a speech in the cabin . The unnamed pilot , flying a Germanwings plane from Hamburg to Cologne the day after the crash , was met with applause after assuring passengers they would be coming home safe to their families . Admirable man : Britta Englisch wrote on Germanwing 's Facebook page how her pilot had greeted each passengers individually before making a speech in the cabin , promising to get them home to their families . Translated from German , Mrs English writes : 'Yesterday morning at 8:40am , I got onto a Germanwings flight from Hamburg to Cologne with mixed feelings , ' Englisch wrote on the Germanwings Facebook page . 'But then the captain not only welcomed each passenger separately , he also made a short speech before take off . Not from the cockpit — he was standing in the cabin . ' 'He spoke about how the accident touched him and the whole crew . About how queasy the crew feels , but that everybody from the crew is voluntarily here . ' 'And about his family and that the crew have a family and that he is going to do everything to be with his family again tonight . ' 'It was completely silent . And then everybody applauded . I want to thank this pilot . ' Loss : Relatives of the victims of the Germanwings Flight 4U9525 crash on Tuesday put down flowers at the memorial in Le Vernet , south-eastern France earlier today . Killer : Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz is suspected of having deliberately piloted Germanwings flight 4U9525 into the mountain , killing all 150 people on board , including himself , in the worst air disaster in Europe in recent history . All 144 passengers , including two babies , 16 teenagers from a German high school , and six crew members lost their lives in the crash . 'He understood what everybody was thinking . And that he managed to give , at least me , a good feeling for this flight . ' The story , posted by Mrs Englisch on Germanwings Facebook , has since become a social media hit , with nearly 300,000 likes and 17,000 shares . All 144 passengers , including two babies , 16 teenagers from a German high school , and six crew members lost their lives when Germanwings Flight 4U9525 crashed on Tuesday . Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked the captain out of the cockpit of the Airbus before setting the airliner 's controls to descend into a rocky valley , obliterating the plane and killing all 150 people on board . Germanwings chief executive Thomas Winkelmann said those who died came from at least 13 different countries - with 72 German nationals and 49 people from Spain confirmed to have been on passenger lists for the plane . Today , investigators trying to piece together why Lubitz crashed the plane have revealed he tore up a doctor 's sick note for the day of the disaster . Investigators revealed today that medical sign-off notes were found at Lubitz 's home and Dusseldorf University Hospital confirmed he had been a patient there over the past two months , although it would not disclose his condition .
Pilot delivered emotional before flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf . Frank Woiton spoke of how he wanted to return home to his two children . He said : 'People should see there is another human being in the cockpit ' Came after another pilot went above and beyond to reassure passengers .