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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.

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To: cynwoody
What I posted was about finding the FDR. I knew they found the CVR but it was about a day after finding the FDR with the missing card. I read about the cell phone video found just a day or two ago, and it was glossed over or denied in an abc story this am.

It's probably true about the cell phone, and others may come to light although if your are a passenger in a life-ending panic, maybe the last thing most people would think of was making a video. It's good for history accuracy if one did though.

21 posted on 04/03/2015 7:41:57 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: pricilla

Ahhh, ok. So you’re a paranoid conspiracy theorist. Got it. Have a nice night.


22 posted on 04/03/2015 7:43:02 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Comment of the day.


"There’s still plenty of room for the occasional millenial loser gay douchebag."
23 posted on 04/03/2015 7:59:06 PM PDT by softengine
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To: Tijeras_Slim
There’s still plenty of room for the occasional millenial loser gay douchebag.

Millenial loser gay douchebags are much more likely to throw a hissyfit in the cabin and post it to facebook than fly an airframe into a mountain. That's a mooselimb thing.


24 posted on 04/03/2015 11:03:13 PM PDT by 867V309 (Boehner is the new Pelosi)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

islamist facilitator, regardless of his other “reasons”.


25 posted on 04/03/2015 11:23:08 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: pricilla
There has been absolutely no information released about his religion. Zero. Zip. Nada. If he were a Christiam, we'd know. If he were Jewish, it would have been in the first reports.

"The dog didn't bark."

26 posted on 04/04/2015 7:42:48 AM PDT by 10mm
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