"PARIS — The co-pilot of the Germanwings jet barricaded himself in the cockpit and intentionally rammed the plane full speed into the French Alps, ignoring the captain's frantic pounding on the door and the screams of terror from passengers, a prosecutor said Thursday.":nonono:
Another aviation tragedy!
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As soon as I heard about the impact zone I called it.
Controlled flight into terrain.
Just not for the reason I thought it would be. Can't wait until the brain docs start in with the reasons anyone would do such a thing.
Controlled flight into terrain.
Just not for the reason I thought it would be. Can't wait until the brain docs start in with the reasons anyone would do such a thing.
Transport Canada announced today that all Canadian carriers must now have two crew members in the cockpit at all times.
I had no idea this was already a US carrier policy.
Two crew members now required in plane cockpits: Transport Canada
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It is being reported that back in reportedly he received psychiatric treatment for 18 months and at one point was labeled 'not suitable for flying' during his training in Arizona six years ago. :dw:
30 seconds into a short flight does not mean 30 seconds since the pilot sat down. Pre-flight inspections, procedures, checklists, taxiing, and takeoff take an inordinate amount of the pilots' time before the plane is airborne.
I think the best solution to increase security and safety is pretty simple. Bathroom in the cockpit. It's an option for all Boeing 747's but not many have them. Pilots should never have to open that door in flight, and a flight attendant stand-in is a false since of security, if you're gonna kill everyone on the plane, you wouldn't have trouble with one person, and usually it's a female. Should be a US air marshal if one is on the flight.
I've been around aviation my entire life mostly helicopters and in 2002 had a complete engine failure at 75 agl and 45 knots not nearly enough for an successful autorotation, those few seconds were the most helpless frightening experience of my life.
Those passengers had 8 mins of absolute horror as they plummeted to the ground, and as safe as it to fly from statistics..way too many planes have gone down recently.
I've been around aviation my entire life mostly helicopters and in 2002 had a complete engine failure at 75 agl and 45 knots not nearly enough for an successful autorotation, those few seconds were the most helpless frightening experience of my life.
Those passengers had 8 mins of absolute horror as they plummeted to the ground, and as safe as it to fly from statistics..way too many planes have gone down recently.
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Usually when someone is depressed or suicidal, they only want to hurt themselves. I think there's more to this story.
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