Gaz6002 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32063587 This seems to indicate the plane was crashed deliberately. I was on a Germanwings A320 a few weeks ago and regularly travel with work. It's put the frighteners up a few of my team, that's for sure. My thoughts are with the families involved, and I sincerely hope this isn't what it looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Sky are also following up on that story, so there's got to be something in it, some substance behind it. I know the French authorities are putting it out there, but that's double-confirmation territory in my opinion. Scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 thats rather disturbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Just seen the French statement. Scary stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I heard a clip of a expert who said there is a manual override on the door for the cockpit and as it was a gradual decent and he had 10mins he would and could of easily operated the manual override. This would lend itself to a deliberate act Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris6t9 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Crazy. Without links to terrorism I wonder why he did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Does seem to be a very plausible reason for what happened and using info from the black box not just the press hyping it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 so many plans have gone down in the last year its rediculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Horrible information from the news conference, that the passengers could be heard screaming at the last few moments etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 If the co pilot has decided to take his life what a despicable way to do it, shocking if this proves to be true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 If the co pilot has decided to take his life what a despicable way to do it, shocking if this proves to be true Maybe he was going too quick to stop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 maybe he was going too quick to stop? David..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Well it seems pretty official now that the descent sequence was initiated, this apparently is not something that can accidentally happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Maybe he was going too quick to stop? Yeah. Great thread to make jokes in. Thanks for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 so many plans have gone down in the last year its rediculous I saw an article a month or two ago, plane crashes are at an all time low, however the media coverage for plane crashes is much, much higher. Plane crashes are extremely rare, as you probably know your chances of being killed in a road collision is a hundred times greater than on a plane. I think the only plane crashes I heard about before 9/11 was the Concorde one and of course 9/11. But now we're hearing about small passenger aircraft crashing in different continents. A fairly recent one was a plane going missing in North Africa. (Crashed somewhere in the desert if I remember correctly) If the co pilot has decided to take his life what a despicable way to do it, shocking if this proves to be true Agreed, at first I thought "Oh maybe the captain stepped out, and the other pilot collapsed/had a heart attack" Then I saw that the cockpit's keypad code had been over ridden which can only be done through the cockpit (according to the news) so clearly something went down. The co-pilot was a pretty new flier with only 600 hours, I doubt it's a terrorist act. Just someone going through extreme issues - think American school shootings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Maybe he was going too quick to stop? For me to think it's bad taste is going too far - and I've a threshold far beyond most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I saw an article a month or two ago, plane crashes are at an all time low, however the media coverage for plane crashes is much, much higher. Plane crashes are extremely rare, as you probably know your chances of being killed in a road collision is a hundred times greater than on a plane. I think the only plane crashes I heard about before 9/11 was the Concorde one and of course 9/11. But now we're hearing about small passenger aircraft crashing in different continents. A fairly recent one was a plane going missing in North Africa. (Crashed somewhere in the desert if I remember correctly) . The wife and I counted 5 last night malaysia 370 missing another malaysia one over ukraine transasia tiawan flight hitting bridge air algera ( africa crash ) and this one . just googled it and there has been loads more i didnt even know about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft#2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 My mind can understand things like this happening by terrorists based on extremist religious beliefs or whatever, my mind seems to put that together easier, (not that the fact that terrorism is easier to accept because its not). However when this happens for no obvious reason and no obvious motive I cannot fathom why someone would kill themselves and hundreds of others for what... suicide? if you want to kill yourself do it alone.. why take innocent people out with you? It makes me sad that there are people out there that plan to do this, what for? fame.... it cant be.. My mind simply cannot process a reason for this, I am just simply baffled and feel desperately for everyone effected by this. RIP to all the people who died needlessly because of this terrible act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrosixfour Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 It is a hard one to comprehend, why this way of killing yourself if that is indeed the reason for this tragedy. My only suggestion would be that it is (probably) far easier to turn a few dials, punch a few buttons & then let the world come up to meet you than slipping that noose around your own neck or taking that last big step off a cliff. It's kinda like the end result is a product of activities you do on a daily basis so the actual preparation is easier to get through because it isn't too far removed from the norm. Senseless loss of life anyway and just something else eat at you next time you board a plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Senseless loss of life anyway and just something else eat at you next time you board a plane. Tell me about it I am soon going to be on a 2 long haul and 3 short flights going around Vietnam and Cambodia... I'm not a great flyer anyway.. I'll admit that, I need to shut my eyes and put my head back when taking off and landing (although the acceleration is fun on take off). This sort of thing does not help.. (not that my feelings matter with regards to this tragedy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Pretty incredible press conference earlier today. Absolutely terrible stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 So if you can open it from the other side... why wasn't it.. Unless when its in the lock position it overrides the keypad entry, however after 5 mins the lock position cancels, which means he should have been able to gain access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 The co pilot will have used the deadlock from inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoaster Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I was surprised to find that only the US airlines use a 'one in and one out' procedure that puts a senior member of the cabin crew in the cockpit when a pilot steps out. Not foolproof though, I guess cabin crew can engineer a mass murder/suicide by plane too :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I can't comprehend why someone would commit suicide by murdering over 150 people - there must be more to this that we are led to believe...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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