Posted on 04/10/2015 7:57:41 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Investigators of the crash of Germanwings plane on French Alps suspect that Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz has added some chemicals, probably some diuretic chemicals, to Captain's drink to force him out of the cockpit. Data from the cockpit voice recorder showed that Lubitz locked Captain Patrick Sodenheimer out of the cockpit as soon as he went to the lavatory. The co-pilot then set the auto pilot system to deliberately descend the plane to a height of 100 feet.
Investigators had seized Lubitz's computers, which he used for various searches, in preparation for crashing the Airbus A320. He is believed to have searched on various suicide methods, cockpit door locking system, etc.
German newspaper Gild reported that Lubitz planned the attack under the pseudonym skydevil.
“They suspect it because it could have happened?”
Probably suspect it based on his searches. There is no way to prove since we have no video and the plane is obliterated
Probably evidence on his computer — sites be searched.
Not to mention trying to find the pilot when him and passengers formed one fleshy puddle.
The plane was obliterated, and so was Capt. Soderheimer. So, frankly this is just an educated guess.
CC
P.S. “skydevil” got to meet his namesake that day.
Do you notice how they come up with all kinds of things except what really happened? The Airbus slowly descended until it crashed. Just like the one over the Atlantic a few years back.
How about a faulty on-board computer, hmm? That could be why so many pilots in Europe do not like flying Airbuses.
“Do you notice how they come up with all kinds of things except what really happened? The Airbus slowly descended until it crashed. Just like the one over the Atlantic a few years back.
How about a faulty on-board computer, hmm?”
Did the faulty computer also lock the cabin door?
Damn those Airbuses. The computer, HAL, probably also slipped the pilot the mickey.
No. But the axes are all kept in the cockpit area. We do not want hijackers to have axes, now do we.
As to the locked door, there is speculation that the co-pilot and a stewardess were “celebrating the mile-high club” while the pilot took a break. They had locked the door.
Why didn’t they respond to pounding on the door? Was the music too loud?
I wondered how he could be sure the pilot would leave the cockpit.
I think the pilot pounding on the cockpit door demanding that it be opened, recorded by the black box, nullifies that theory.
The flight, itself, isn’t that long. Most normal men would be likely to “hold it” or go before it got off the ground. From that perspective, I get the speculation.
But, certainly, there are other possible ways to get the captain to leave his post. I don’t think spiking the drink would have been necessary. Most diuretics do not work instantly.
The computer malfunctioned and locked the door too? The co-pilot sat there and figured he’d do nothing to stop the computer?
If you’re going to express an opinion, do at least some footwork to make it educated.
There was multiple legs without long breaks. Iirc, the co-pilot suggested he go since he was holding it since the last stopover.
How long does it take to take a whizz? I walk roughly the same distance from my desk to the restroom and I’m back in my chair in 4-5 minutes. It takes longer than that during a stopover to let out and let in the passengers.
Unless the co-pilot knows the pilot well enough to know he always takes his potty breaks after take-off, the strategy of spiking his drink doesn’t make much sense.
It’s entirely possible he purposefully busied the pilot during the stopover. I recall something about him suggesting the pilot go since he couldn’t go then
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