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Germanwings co-pilot 'accelerated' plane before Alps crash
Yahoo News ^ | April 3, 2015 | Richard Carter, Djallal Malti

Posted on 04/03/2015 5:52:38 PM PDT by QT3.14

Information from the second black box found in the wreckage of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps confirms the co-pilot acted deliberately and even accelerated as the doomed plane descended, investigators said Friday.

"A first reading shows that the pilot in the cockpit used the automatic pilot to descend the plane towards an altitude of 100 feet (30 metres)," said the French BEA crash investigation office in a statement.

"Then, several times during the descent, the pilot changed the automatic pilot settings to increase the aircraft's speed," added the investigators.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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1 posted on 04/03/2015 5:52:38 PM PDT by QT3.14
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To: QT3.14

He FLOORED it - straight into the mountain!


2 posted on 04/03/2015 5:59:39 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: 2harddrive

As noted by Michelle Bachmann, that is exactly what Obama is doing to us. He is accelerating as we are approaching the mountain.


3 posted on 04/03/2015 6:01:53 PM PDT by Defiant (If Ted Cruz is President, will Boehner shut down the government to fund Obamacare?)
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To: 2harddrive

Ugly and horrible.


4 posted on 04/03/2015 6:02:40 PM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: Defiant
Note my tagline for past week.


5 posted on 04/03/2015 6:07:15 PM PDT by QT3.14 (Germanwings: Obama locked us out and is doing the same to the USA.)
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To: 2harddrive

Wow straight to the point =)


6 posted on 04/03/2015 6:12:02 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Defiant

“As noted by Michelle Bachmann, that is exactly what Obama is doing to us. He is accelerating as we are approaching the mountain.”

Obomzai!!


7 posted on 04/03/2015 6:17:05 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: Patriot Babe

I think the co-pilot was a Muslim..although we will never be told so because of the s*** storm it would create.....


8 posted on 04/03/2015 6:19:54 PM PDT by pricilla (one should always try to be smarter than the equipment one is operating - Amajato)
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To: QT3.14

Just like the 9/11 terrorists?


9 posted on 04/03/2015 6:23:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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To: pricilla

I agree with your assessment.


10 posted on 04/03/2015 6:32:02 PM PDT by seeker41 (take your country back by whatever means necessary & remove the son of a kenyan mooslimb)
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11 posted on 04/03/2015 6:36:24 PM PDT by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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I thought I read this right after the crash: It was in several sources.

"Mar 25, 2015 ... The data from the voice recorder seems only to deepen the mystery surrounding ... the flight data recorder, but the memory card containing data on the ... may have been trying to maintain control of the aircraft as it lost altitude."

The above was the result of a google search; source was the NYT.

It was either misreporting or they found another one. Or . . .

12 posted on 04/03/2015 7:14:59 PM PDT by Aliska
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What makes you think that, with zero evidence?


13 posted on 04/03/2015 7:17:11 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Zero evidence...that’s exactly right.....there is zero evidence that 99% of all our politicians are criminals and should be locked up for life...there is zero evidence that Diana,Princess of Wales was murdered and that the Royal Family were complicit...zero evidence of this and that.....I stand by what I believe.....


14 posted on 04/03/2015 7:22:49 PM PDT by pricilla (one should always try to be smarter than the equipment one is operating - Amajato)
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To: pricilla

Not everything is muzzie. There’s still plenty of room for the occasional millenial loser gay douchebag.


15 posted on 04/03/2015 7:26:21 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Aliska
They found the CVR soon after the crash. It turned out to contain pretty much the whole story.

They found the FDR only yesterday or the day before. It confirms what was learned from the CVR and provides additional detail, such as his exact settings on the autopilot, etc.

Reportedly, they also found a cell phone memory chip which turned out to contain a video of the crash. Just before the video ends, there is a jolt, and the cabin lurches violently. So, it's likely a wing hit first, just before the main part of the airplane hit the rocks. Perhaps the FDR data will confirm that sequence of events.

16 posted on 04/03/2015 7:32:11 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Muslims have got the whole airplane thing down to a science......another one,in November 2001,the queens plane crash.....no evidence of terrorism...over-use of rudder snapped the tail off......yeah,riiiight...never happened before....never happened since.....just sayin’


17 posted on 04/03/2015 7:33:04 PM PDT by pricilla (one should always try to be smarter than the equipment one is operating - Amajato)
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To: pricilla

Yeah right. Have a good day.


18 posted on 04/03/2015 7:34:29 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

LOL!


19 posted on 04/03/2015 7:35:49 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Tijeras_Slim

thank you,you have a good day also..


20 posted on 04/03/2015 7:38:39 PM PDT by pricilla (one should always try to be smarter than the equipment one is operating - Amajato)
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