News Broke apart in mid-air Germanwings - Page 5

**digger** · 03-24-2015, 04:08 PM

http://www.theguardian.com/world/liv...s-live-updates

GloryDayz · 03-25-2015, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by booger

That's total hell on earth what all those people went through in that last 8-10 minutes.

Like living through the Obama presidency x 394,200....

MIAdragon · 03-25-2015, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by sd4chiefs

Co-Pilot committed suicide.

How long until systems are in place to over ride pilots and fly the planes from the ground in these instances. My god I hope this is a mechanical issue and not a pilot with a death wish.

GloryDayz · 03-25-2015, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MIAdragon

How long until systems are in place to over ride pilots and fly the planes from the ground in these instances. My god I hope this is a mechanical issue and not a pilot with a death wish.

Soon....

booger · 03-25-2015, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Like living through the Obama presidency x 394,200....

lol

I think most were hoping they were asleep... At least the nose dive and impact took them instantly. all that Comotion and panic I can't imagine. Nightmare

booger · 03-25-2015, 06:51 PM

I think earlier today they updated and said 2-3 Americans were on board after saying none originally

**Donger** · 03-25-2015, 07:08 PM

I would imagine that the plane was on autopilot, so if the pilot that was still in the cockpit had a medical condition, it wouldn't have descended. From the Airbus pilots I've asked, they turn that bugger on a few seconds after wheels up and disengage it a few minutes before wheels down. They basically are system managers and watch for traffic.

Jimmya · 03-25-2015, 08:15 PM

Thing about a plane crash is that it's 99.9% death rate.

eDave · 03-25-2015, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Well, this is going to be interesting. At least we'll likely have an answer. But that's weird if it was going on that long. It seems like the theories would be...

1. Terrorist pilot.

2. Copilot had a heart attack or something while the pilot was out.

3. Copilot got busy with a disaster and couldn't take time to get the door open.

Any other theories? Given what you said, I almost wonder if it was #2.

There is an emergency code to come in from the outside, but it is also possible to override that emergency function for a pre set time (5 to 20 min)

Sauce: A320 Manual (p.33)

http://nicmosis.as.arizona.edu:8000/...329_DSC_25.pdf

Why Not? · 03-25-2015, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

I would venture to say that flying on a commercial airplane is safer than sitting at a park in downtown Kansas City Missouri for a similar amount of time

Agreed.

Eleazar · 03-25-2015, 11:06 PM

Pilot had the three egg omelette with extra broccoli, checks out to go to the bathroom, liquid faecal matter odor emergency, everyone passes out, plane crashes.

eDave · 03-26-2015, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

Pilot had the three egg omelette with extra broccoli, checks out to go to the bathroom, liquid faecal matter odor emergency, everyone passes out, plane crashes.

As likely as the other pilot having a heart attack, or whatever.

Al Bundy · 03-26-2015, 06:02 AM

BREAKING: French prosecutor: Germanwings co-pilot appeared to want to `destroy the plane' .
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 26, 2015

Co-pilot of Germanwings flight that crashed in Alps took sole control of plane and started descent, officials say. @BBCBreaking #Fox35
— LuAnne Sorrell (@luannesorrell) March 26, 2015

#BREAKING: Prosecutor: Co-pilot, alone at the controls of Germanwings flight, was conscious until impact. #Fox35
— LuAnne Sorrell (@luannesorrell) March 26, 2015

Stinger · 03-26-2015, 06:28 AM

8:06 a.m.: The name of the co-pilot was Andreas Lubitz, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said.

• 7:55 a.m.: The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight "accelerated the descent" of the plane when he was alone in the cockpit, Robin said Thursday. That can only be done deliberately, he said.

• 7:55 a.m: The co-pilot was alive until impact, Robin said, citing the sound of steady breathing in the cockpit.

• 7:55 a.m: There was a "deliberate attempt to destroy the aircraft," Robin said.

Full story at link.....

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/26/europe...ain/index.html

AndChiefs · 03-26-2015, 06:44 AM

Sure-Oz · 03-26-2015, 06:46 AM

Awful story....cowardly act

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