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In reply to the discussion: One Pilot Was Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash in France [View all]riversedge
(70,197 posts)107. WHOW--just heard that Screams were heard and crash was deliberate......
I had talked myself out of my scenario and questions--but screams WERE heard.
Oh how horrible--the passengers knew they were going to crash. This makes it so much worse!
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Mahalo for your post, Xithras.. I hope they're able to tell from what's left exactly what happened
Cha
Mar 2015
#101
But the next disaster will involve a bad guy who forces a crew member to unlock the door
groundloop
Mar 2015
#16
That's an accepted protocol on some air platforms--a FA stepping in if a pilot steps out. nt
MADem
Mar 2015
#77
That sounds like absolute woo to me. Sounds like you've been shopped a real bill of goods. nt
MADem
Mar 2015
#78
Yes, this was after 9/11 that it was required the doors bolted after the cabin doors were closed.
herding cats
Mar 2015
#17
They were always lockable. The doors were reinforced and a strict lock policy was set.
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2015
#66
If the pilot was merely incapacitated, why did he program the plane for descent?
mainer
Mar 2015
#30
or three - an accident - like a blown out window maybe a bird crash. a very big bird like ostrich
hollysmom
Mar 2015
#44
I was kind of kidding, I thought perhaps a flaw in the plane could cause an air leak.
hollysmom
Mar 2015
#61
If there was such an air leak, the other pilot banging on the door would be unconscious.
Angleae
Mar 2015
#95
Or a hijack - person waits for pilot to leave, knocks for entry, they let hijacker in thinking
Yo_Mama
Mar 2015
#47
And with the pilot's body likely in a million pieces, determining that will be very, very difficult
dbackjon
Mar 2015
#10
The doors have emergency override codes. The door must have been deliberately locked from the inside
Yo_Mama
Mar 2015
#52
Exactly--they'll do a brutally intrusive forensic examination of their lives, just to
MADem
Mar 2015
#80
Maybe, but one of the "experts" on tv who was a pilot of an Airbus said that plane
napi21
Mar 2015
#39
That is unfortunately my thought. They will be investigating the background of the pilots
still_one
Mar 2015
#59
Sounds more like murder. It isn't suicide when you intentionally kill 150 people.
cbdo2007
Mar 2015
#121
This happened to a Delta flight a few months ago when the door became jammed
davidn3600
Mar 2015
#43
Yes, but there is always someone in the cockpit, so someone would have been flying the plane.
Yo_Mama
Mar 2015
#55
Pilot remaining in cockpit goes on oxygen during the time other pilot is away, too?
Ready4Change
Mar 2015
#87
Psychological problems=Suicide Recent religious conversion or extremist political beliefs=Terrorism
bklyncowgirl
Mar 2015
#109
Airbus seems to use the keypad and 30 second override system described above
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2015
#104
It struck me how quick the authorities were to downplay the possibility of terrorism or criminality
bklyncowgirl
Mar 2015
#105