Airbus A320 crash in France this morning

[Richard Cranium]

Hint: it's one half of the two word description that our dear leader never ever will say.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Looks like the copilot deliberately crashed the plane.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/26/germanwings-plane-crash/70473800/

 

[patrick66]

When the described the decent, I knew in my gut that this was an intentional act, like the Egypt Air 747 crash near Long Island several years ago.

I'm curious as to the "belief system" of the pilot that crashed the jet...hmmm...could it have to do with 72 unplucked flowers of innocence?

 

[super-bee_ski]

Human element

 

[TekHousE]

When the described the decent, I knew in my gut that this was an intentional act, like the Egypt Air 747 crash near Long Island several years ago.

I'm curious as to the "belief system" of the pilot that crashed the jet...hmmm...could it have to do with 72 unplucked flowers of innocence?

NO..

Probably just depressed.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/andrea...9525-co-pilot-called-100-fit-to-fly-1.3010191

 

[fwi]

A German kamikaze co pilot!

 

[Moparsmitty]

Looks like the locking/impenetrable cockpit door isn't the perfect security solution for airliners that some thought it might be. So, how do you stop something like this? Also makes you wonder if something similar happened to the missing Malaysian jet.

 

[Hemi Rebel]

Looks like the locking/impenetrable cockpit door isn't the perfect security solution for airliners that some thought it might be. So, how do you stop something like this? Also makes you wonder if something similar happened to the missing Malaysian jet.

Door latches similar to car. That way they can have remotes given only to the people who have access to the cockpit

 

[TekHousE]

The co pilot had battled depression..

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/03/26/germanwings-co-pilot-reportedly-battled-depression-in-0/

 

[snakeoil24]

Interesting numbers... when you don't consider that the Boeing 737 is (arguably) the most popular and extensively used airliner worldwide ever made. While 73.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot.... let's see some numbers of aircraft in use worldwide to put your accident numbers in perspective.

Boeing seems to make their jets for the pilots while Airbus seems to make their jets for the pencil-pushers who buy them. At least the older jets IMO

Boeing uses Pilots to design their planes. Techno geeks take second place. I wonder what Airbus does.

 

[fwi]

The co pilot had battled depression..

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/03/26/germanwings-co-pilot-reportedly-battled-depression-in-0/

What kind of reason is that for his horrible action? I'll bet he was a depressed muslim...

 

[HT413]

Not likely. Airbus birds, like most commercial planes these days, follow a preloaded flight plan from takeoff to landing. The pilots are only there for emergencies or last-second deviations for the most part. This plane apparently made a controlled descent off of the flight path. A disabled pilot wouldn't have been able to do that. The plane would have followed on it's flight path even if the pilot was sitting dead in the seat, and no pilot is going to descend to an altitude that low while in mountainous terrain.

Interesting, I had no idea that it all worked that way. Seems like this is just how it is playing out in the news, intentional.

 

[Bruzilla]

Well... don your SHOCKED faces boys! Several German newspapers are reporting the co-pilot was a recent convert to Islam.

 

[patrick66]

Well... don your SHOCKED faces boys! Several German newspapers are reporting the co-pilot was a recent convert to Islam.

Surprise, surprise, surprise! You bet the US media will do all they can to hide that little tidbit of info.

 

[1962polara]

The co-pilot who flew a Germanwings plane into the Alps killing everyone on board had broken up with his fiancée just one day earlier, it is being reported.

Andreas Lubitz and his unnamed girlfriend had been together seven years and were due to marry sometime in 2016, according to French media.

But the day before the tragedy that cost the lives of Lubitz and 149 other people, the relationship was ended, a French TV channel claims

 

[Dennis H]

1: Keep 20 somethings out of the cockpit. They have issues that old guys don't have.
2: 20 somethings who live with their parents are losers.