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originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: AdmireTheDistance
I'd like to see what he was actually doing. They were at cruising altitude and on autopilot presumably. Maybe he had on head phones, was listening to loud music and dozing?
The reason I say that is the plane made a normal decent, not a crash dive. If dude was suicidal why didn't he put the plane into a vertical nose dive and get to the ground as quick as possible?
The only solution I come up with is he wasn't conscious for some reason, like suicide maybe. Are there firearms in the crew cabin?
This is beyond tragic, whatever the mental state of this 28 year old was or his motives, one struggles to fathom why he felt he needed to take so many people with him. If it was terrorism related then sure, that's how they operate. If its suicide? Surely there would have been better ways to go out rather than as a murderer!
FRANKFURT: The co-pilot of the Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps was on the job since September 2013 and had 630 hours of flying experience, the parent company, German flag carrier Lufthansa, said on Thursday (Mar 26).
The co-pilot "was First Officer at Germanwings since September 2013," a Lufthansa spokeswoman told AFP. He had been trained as a pilot at Lufthansa Flight Training in the northern German city of Bremen and had 630 hours of flying experience under his belt. By comparison the plane's pilot had more than 10 years experience and 6,000 hours of experience flying the Airbus A320 model, Lufthansa revealed previously.
The cockpit door has three positions, he said, citing A320 captains and the aircraft manual -- unlocked, normal and locked.
The door would usually be in the "normal" position, but if the Times report is true, it would appear that after one of the pilots left the cockpit, it was switched to the "locked" position. This prevents the other pilot from using a keypad and emergency code to get in from the outside, he said.
The chances of this happening accidentally if the pilot became incapacitated, at the same time as him knocking the side stick to put the plane into a dive, would appear to be "beyond the realms of mathematical possibility," Thomas said.
Even CNN is showing the last moments of Jesus this weekend...even with all the antisemitism happening over seas... Big Brother want's to drive home the point...
And the Point is... ...Trust America and No One Else outside of 'Murica....
originally posted by: whatnext21
If you belong to Facebook, look up his name while you still can...that's all
originally posted by: Elliot
So many people with mobile phones these days.
The pilot is trying to break into the cabin, so he must be making a lot of noise.
The people are 'watching'?
For at least 7 or 8 minutes NO ONE is texting that something is wrong?
Young people can barely be prised away from their phones and text their every burp!
So, NO ONE is texting to loved ones, friends, emergency services that something is wrong on their aeroplane?
And why does the pilot stop trying to get into the cabin after such a short while......last I heard was a minute or so?
Why is the co pilot's breathing so steady.....possibly even relaxed or perhaps unconsious?
Were any of the passengers or people on board even conscious?
What happened to the military plane that was reportedly seen?
Who was the pilot?
Where is the other black box?
Why does this story not make much sense?
originally posted by: Elliot
a reply to: AdmireTheDistance
Horrific!
Yet still...........no one texting, or on their phones...........really?
Thanks. Will take a look. Only followed a few bits of story today.
originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: SirKonstantin
Even CNN is showing the last moments of Jesus this weekend...even with all the antisemitism happening over seas... Big Brother want's to drive home the point...
What does antisemitism have to do with this? Do you think people will see the name Lubitz and think he was Jewish?
And the Point is... ...Trust America and No One Else outside of 'Murica....
Are you sure you are replying to the right thread because nothing you said has anything to do this tragedy.