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BREAKING: Germanwings Pilot Was Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash in France
http://www.nytimes.com ^ | March 25, 2015 | Fox News / NY Times

Posted on 03/25/2015 4:49:11 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing

On Fox News, Greta just reported that the NY Times is reporting that regarding the plane crash in the Alps, one pilot was unable to return to the cockpit during the flight.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 4u9525; alps; bungholegummer; crash; germanwings; greta; lubitz; oops; plane; planecrash; scientology; xenu
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To: BigEdLB

so why wasn’t the brand new husband with the wife since they had just got married on Saturday..were they married by proxy or something..


121 posted on 03/25/2015 5:27:33 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: halo66

Outside of cell phones, anyone know if the FA’s or locked out pilot could contact ATC once outside the flight deck?


122 posted on 03/25/2015 5:27:42 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Why wouldn’t BadPilot have used the aircraft as a WEAPON upon reaching populated areas..?

He could continue answering radio calls, play for time, maybe make up some BS emergency, and get over a really densely populated area:

Instead he slams into a mountain.

Weird.

Angry at his employer..?

I still think this is jihad, though.

STUPID jihad...??


123 posted on 03/25/2015 5:28:36 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: humblegunner
So Getra has only one name like Chair and Bono?

Greta's last name is Van Susteren. Bono's first name is Salvatore.

124 posted on 03/25/2015 5:28:39 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: dragnet2

That’s a great question...i’m not sure.


125 posted on 03/25/2015 5:29:11 PM PDT by halo66
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To: randita
Curious coincidence...Searchers find empty second 'black box' from doomed German jetliner

Empty?

126 posted on 03/25/2015 5:29:37 PM PDT by wtd
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Usually you cant have your cell phone on while the plane is climbing..

the pilot tells you when you can use it again shortly after the plane levels off..most passengers would have still had their cell phones put away..


127 posted on 03/25/2015 5:30:12 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Leaning Right

What are the peeto tubes for?


128 posted on 03/25/2015 5:30:28 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: wtd

I heard that the card was missing, but empty?


129 posted on 03/25/2015 5:31:23 PM PDT by halo66
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To: dragnet2

On 9/11, the FA’s were able to call the American Airlines control center. Not sure for this airline.


130 posted on 03/25/2015 5:31:43 PM PDT by WeatherGuy
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To: Tennessee Nana

Could have just been a coward mudslime co-pilot/pilot. Rather that use the Atta approach (fly into a building yelling aloha akbar), this guy used the coward’s approach: set autopilot for a constant descent (500’ 1000’ FPM, etc), and then take a poison pill (cyanide?). Let the down ticking of the altimeter do the work.


131 posted on 03/25/2015 5:31:43 PM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Paladin2
What are the peeto tubes for?

I actually know enough about aviation to appreciate that!

132 posted on 03/25/2015 5:32:13 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: randita

133 posted on 03/25/2015 5:32:20 PM PDT by Gamecock ("The Christian who has stopped repenting has stopped growing." A.W. Pink)
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To: RightGeek
These days are the cockpit doors so strong they could not be kicked open?

Yes. The doors were strengthened after 911.

But they're a problem when you have a suicidal Mohammedan pilot.

It could have been a heart attack, but I can't think of a reason why one pilot would lock out the other.

134 posted on 03/25/2015 5:32:56 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: dragnet2

But in this instance the pilot (while the other pilot was out of the cockpit) put the plane into a controlled descent at an angle which was consistent and according to several pilots would be highly unlikely in the event of a medical emergency.

Add to that the fact that this medical emergency just happened to occur when the other pilot was out, and further that the pilot in the cockpit took the plane off of autopilot, and how can one NOT come to the conclusion of terrorism?


135 posted on 03/25/2015 5:33:21 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: halo66

Another theory not out of the realm of possibility: Pilot 2 might have been having an affair with Pilot 1’s wife.


136 posted on 03/25/2015 5:33:49 PM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/558654-airbus-a320-crashed-southern-france-44.html


137 posted on 03/25/2015 5:34:25 PM PDT by Praxeologue ( ')
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To: CodeToad

“Yep, they are steel with steel locking bars.”

The bulkhead next to the door is probably cardboard. The typical modern house has an impregnable steel door surrounded by aluminum siding, styrofoam, and drywall.


138 posted on 03/25/2015 5:35:39 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Tennessee Nana
several from Turkey...

39 from Turkey...

139 posted on 03/25/2015 5:36:08 PM PDT by CedarDave (Bush vs. Clinton in 2016 - If you have a 22-year old car, the bumper stickers are still good.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

What if the pilot was having a medical issue and sent out the other pilot for help, but still locked the door until the other pilot returned. Maybe he died before he could unlock the door to the let the other pilot back in. Small chance of that but still possible?


140 posted on 03/25/2015 5:36:10 PM PDT by halo66
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