Germanwings A320 crashed in France :(
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NeMiSiS said:
M4cruiser said:
This is still a valid point, and I suspect we shall never know ..... but suppose the aircraft electronics went wrong, it locked the door, cut power to many electronic circuits, started to descend, and the poor chap is alone in the cockpit frantically trying to sort it out, and can't open the door, or doesn't have time to do so ......... and ends up getting blamed for the crash.
Wow, do you smoke a lot of weed?Just saying. It could be.
Hugo a Gogo said:
I saw a facebook post link, saying it was a magnetic pulse cause by CERN...
It could explain the presence of the two fighter jets, I prefer my theory though, and I reckon the fighters were there to bring down the plane carrying the Bulgarian physicist if the co-pilot had second thoughts. A sort of insurance policy. Also the press assumed they were French jets, could easily have been black ops. M4cruiser said:
This is still a valid point, and I suspect we shall never know ..... but suppose the aircraft electronics went wrong, it locked the door, cut power to many electronic circuits, started to descend, and the poor chap is alone in the cockpit frantically trying to sort it out, and can't open the door, or doesn't have time to do so ......... and ends up getting blamed for the crash.
It's not hugely different to AF447, except for that there were 3 in the cockpit and we established the mistake one of them made.
It's not hugely different to AF447, except for that there were 3 in the cockpit and we established the mistake one of them made.
M4cruiser said:
This is still a valid point, and I suspect we shall never know ..... but suppose the aircraft electronics went wrong, it locked the door, cut power to many electronic circuits, started to descend, and the poor chap is alone in the cockpit frantically trying to sort it out, and can't open the door, or doesn't have time to do so ......... and ends up getting blamed for the crash.
It's not hugely different to AF447, except for that there were 3 in the cockpit and we established the mistake one of them made.
You would think the murdering scumbag would have said something on the radio on the way down rather than sat there in silence, and the radios were working as he was heard breathing and the captain knocking at the door.It's not hugely different to AF447, except for that there were 3 in the cockpit and we established the mistake one of them made.
Timmy40 said:
Hugo a Gogo said:
I saw a facebook post link, saying it was a magnetic pulse cause by CERN...
It could explain the presence of the two fighter jets...dazwalsh said:
You would think the murdering scumbag would have said something on the radio on the way down rather than sat there in silence, and the radios were working as he was heard breathing and the captain knocking at the door.
In my mind I imagine him setting the controls for the heart of the sun, recling his seat, leaning back, closing his eyes and waiting calmly for oblivion.Driller said:
dazwalsh said:
You would think the murdering scumbag would have said something on the radio on the way down rather than sat there in silence, and the radios were working as he was heard breathing and the captain knocking at the door.
In my mind I imagine him setting the controls for the heart of the sun, recling his seat, leaning back, closing his eyes and waiting calmly for oblivion.Finlandia said:
A Swedish expert has been quoted in news here saying that it's too early to rule out a technical fault, and that the pilot could be innocent.
Seems unlikely though - unless the co-pilot was also incapacitated somehow. If it was a technical fault (and there would have had to have been several) and the co-pilot was concious - surely he would have responded to the captain requests to open the door with "I can't open the door, it's jammed" etc. If the co-pilot was struggling to try and open the door or gain control of the plane - these struggles would have been picked up by the cockpit voice recorder.
Moonhawk said:
Finlandia said:
A Swedish expert has been quoted in news here saying that it's too early to rule out a technical fault, and that the pilot could be innocent.
Seems unlikely though - unless the co-pilot was also incapacitated somehow. If it was a technical fault (and there would have had to have been several) and the co-pilot was concious - surely he would have responded to the captain requests to open the door with "I can't open the door, it's jammed" etc. If the co-pilot was struggling to try and open the door or gain control of the plane - these struggles would have been picked up by the cockpit voice recorder.
Oakey said:
What happens if the cabin depressurises? Does the rest of the fuselage automatically depressurise too? Could the FO have depressurised the cabin after setting the flight level to 100ft in order to give himself Hypoxia whilst the rest of the passengers and crew remained conscious?
No, either the entire pressurisable area including the cockpit is pressurised or none of it is. Dr Jekyll said:
Oakey said:
What happens if the cabin depressurises? Does the rest of the fuselage automatically depressurise too? Could the FO have depressurised the cabin after setting the flight level to 100ft in order to give himself Hypoxia whilst the rest of the passengers and crew remained conscious?
No, either the entire pressurisable area including the cockpit is pressurised or none of it is. Driller said:
dazwalsh said:
You would think the murdering scumbag would have said something on the radio on the way down rather than sat there in silence, and the radios were working as he was heard breathing and the captain knocking at the door.
In my mind I imagine him setting the controls for the heart of the sun, recling his seat, leaning back, closing his eyes and waiting calmly for oblivion.Predicting the actions of such desperate individuals is well beyond my understanding. Tragedy for all those travellers involved and their families. Desperately sad affair.
Hainey said:
My Spring 2015 BALPA mag came in the post today, complete with an article obviously written before the tragedy. The subject?
How we can all expect to be alone in the cruise for a few hours in the flight deck as we all shift to single pilot cruise flying.
I rather doubt that now.
You wouldn't have wished this, but it's an ill wind...How we can all expect to be alone in the cruise for a few hours in the flight deck as we all shift to single pilot cruise flying.
I rather doubt that now.
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