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France crash: Germanwings plane obliterated, both recorders found

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Re: France crash: Germanwings plane obliterated, data recorder found

Bazza said:
Good question! Perhaps anti-hijack protocol?

On a separate note.....good to have you back Earle.

Lance was saying you were on an island somewhere sipping margaritas.... ;)
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I've not left. I've not been as active the last few weeks because of my surgery and being WAAY behind on work. I still check several times a day...
 
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Re: France crash: Germanwings plane obliterated, data recorder found

TIDE-HSV said:
I've not left. I've not been as active the last few weeks because of my surgery and being WAAY behind on work. I still check several times a day...
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We appreciate all that you do.

Back to the topic......I guess the pilot's homes have now been thoroughly searched and their hard drives confiscated. Yeah this changes EVERYTHING!
 
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So sorry for the families of all who were killed. It is bad enough when there's an accident but IF it was intentional, it makes it more unbearable.
 
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Re: France crash: Germanwings plane obliterated, data recorder found

On CNN just now they showed what the locking mechanism looks like. It's only accessible on the inside. Like a toggle switch with 3 positions. Unlock, normal, and lock.

They said this feature was born out of the 9-11 attacks.
 
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Re: France crash: Germanwings plane obliterated, data recorder found

Displaced Bama Fan said:
What if the pilot had a "guest" in the cockpit with him.
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From the AP:

"Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, airlines in the U.S. don't leave one pilot alone in the cockpit. The standard operating procedure is that if one of the pilots leaves — for example to use the bathroom — a flight attendant takes their spot in the cockpit. It was not immediately clear if European airlines have adopted the same practice."
And no, I do not suggest the picture above.
If Pilot A has to go to the loo, and leaves Pilot B locked alone in the cockpit, and Pilot B has a heart attack while the cockpit door is locked, then you have what happened in France: controlled flight into terrain.
 
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Re: France crash: Germanwings plane obliterated, data recorder found

Tidewater said:
From the AP:

"Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, airlines in the U.S. don't leave one pilot alone in the cockpit. The standard operating procedure is that if one of the pilots leaves — for example to use the bathroom — a flight attendant takes their spot in the cockpit. It was not immediately clear if European airlines have adopted the same practice."
And no, I do not suggest the picture above.
If Pilot A has to go to the loo, and leaves Pilot B locked alone in the cockpit, and Pilot B has a heart attack while the cockpit door is locked, then you have what happened in France: controlled flight into terrain.
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If the remaining pilot had a heart attack as you suggest, the most likely scenario would be the auto pilot would had been engaged and hold course and altitude.
 
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Re: France crash: Germanwings plane obliterated, data recorder found

It was the co-pilot who was in the cockpit and in control of the plane. The pilot left the cockpit less than one hour into a 2 hour flight. The co-pilot was completely silent during this time, normal breathing could be heard. - From a French press conference going on now.
 
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Re: France crash: Germanwings plane obliterated, data recorder found

This copilot is going to have a certain sounding name associated with a certain religion. I could almost guarantee it.


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Re: France crash: Germanwings plane obliterated, data recorder found

Seems pretty obvious now that it was a suicide. Odd though that this was planned since how could he know that the pilot would leave the cockpit during only a 2 hour flight.
 
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