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cwydro

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34. Very creepy if

Reply to DisgustipatedinCA (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 03:19 AM

Mar 2015

this is another pilot suicide like the Egypt Air crash.

To have this happen even once is unimaginable. Twice is pretty scary.

And we still don't know what happened to that Malaysian plane.

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NYT says one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit before the Germanwings crash. [View all] DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2015 OP

And it doesn't appear there will be any body to autopsy - Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2015 #1

k/r PM Martin Mar 2015 #2

if a pilot leaves are they only able to get in if the other pilot allows them to ? JI7 Mar 2015 #3

What if the pilot left in the cabin passed out or had a medical emergency. Scary if that is the..... Logical Mar 2015 #4

I believe that after September 11, 2001, the FAA mandated cockpit doors be locked. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2015 #6

Since 9/11, cockpit doors have been reinforced, and are, by regulation, always locked. backscatter712 Mar 2015 #7

If someone has a key to the door they can be overpowered and the key taken.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #8

yep, no flight engineer on an A320 awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #13

Yes, the door has to be opened from the inside. jeff47 Mar 2015 #19

rule -another crew member stands inside until pilot returns Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #20

so this would mean the medical issue as contributing to the crash would be less likely ? JI7 Mar 2015 #21

maybe Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #24

That's the rule in US and some other airlines dumbcat Mar 2015 #22

This is an odd accident. cwydro Mar 2015 #5

Well, maybe he crashed on purpose or passed out and fell forward and leaned on the yoke?? Logical Mar 2015 #9

the aircraft has a joystick, not a yoke rickford66 Mar 2015 #27

When a pilot leaves the cockpit, a flight attendant should take his seat if there is going to be a applegrove Mar 2015 #10

Works for me! Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #12

The regulations says that the flight attendant former9thward Mar 2015 #16

That has been what I have witnessed on flights. nt boston bean Mar 2015 #18

do all airlines have that regulation or only american ones? Takket Mar 2015 #26

I don't know. former9thward Mar 2015 #33

According to my Wife, that's exactly the rule on Domestic US flights. Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #35

How terrifying that must have been. beam me up scottie Mar 2015 #11

Why no frantic cellphone use? By the guy locked out etc 4139 Mar 2015 #14

At that altitude, speed and backcountry environment... jberryhill Mar 2015 #17

Some expert on MSNBC just said the pilots have a way to get back in for an emergency...... Logical Mar 2015 #15

I'm afraid so, too n/t FourScore Mar 2015 #30

It seems unusual for the pilot to have left the cockpit that early in the flight... brooklynite Mar 2015 #23

It could be something simple as needing to use the lavatory. Angleae Mar 2015 #25

If the pilot who was still in the cockpit did it deliberately, FourScore Mar 2015 #32

OMG How horrifying. I think the pilot still in the cockpit had a stroke or heart attack. stevenleser Mar 2015 #28

I was also thinking about the pilot who was locked out and what his last minutes were like. FourScore Mar 2015 #29

Scary, but at least not painful. Nt Logical Mar 2015 #31

Very creepy if cwydro Mar 2015 #34