Posted on 03/26/2015 5:21:36 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 appears to have deliberately crashed the plane after he was left alone in the cockpit, according to a French prosecutor.
The captain was intentionally locked outside minutes before the A320 crashed into an alpine mountain ridge, French Prosecutor Brice Robin said Thursday. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, a 28-year-old German national, was silent throughout the plane’s descent and was alive at the point of impact, according to the prosecutor.
Mr. Robin’s conclusions are drawn from the plane’s cockpit voice recorder, recovered at the crash site in the French Alps late Tuesday and analyzed by French accident investigators on Wednesday.
The recording contains screams believed to be from passengers, once they recognized the plane was crashing.
Investigators are now exploring why Flight 9525 went into its unauthorized descent from its 38,000-foot cruising altitude with one crew member absent. The descent led to the crash about 10 minutes later.
French air accident investigators said on Wednesday they extracted information from the jet’s cockpit voice recorder. The recording contained voices and other sounds, said Rémi Jouty, director of France’s aviation accident investigation office, which is leading the probe. He added that there was no explanation yet for why the plane went down.
Germanwings, the low-fare unit of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, hasn’t disclosed the identity of the pilots....
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Or the folks in first class lose one of their toilets - just build out the cockpit a little more to put the first class toilet in the cockpit for pilots only.
C
What’s with all this “gay” speculation?
I know a lot of folks around here don’t approve of homosexuals and gay marriage, but that seems like a ridiculous reach that being gay had something to do with it.
This is weird to me too.
I’m a nervous flier, and the moment we start to make an ascent or descent when we’re at cruise altitude I know it and freak out. You can bet I would notice immediately and have my cellphone out and calling the second I got a signal if we were descending 3,000 feet a minute in the middle of a flight with no notice from the flight deck as to why...
Looks like it’s been turned into a memorial page
It would have seemed completely unusual when you knew you were in the middle of the flight. 3,000 feet a minute is more than enough for everyone to be feeling it — it is a much more rapid descent than you make on a landing path until you’re very near landing.
I was stationed at Spangdahlem, AB - 1984-86. The Rheinland-Pfalz is one of the 16 states.
wonder if this is the same flight school some of the 9-11 wannabe pilots tried to get training?
Translation from http://www.pi-news.net/2015/03/german-wings-absturz-kapitaen-aus-cockpit-ausgesperrt-suizid-des-co-piloten/
“The West German politicians knew from the beginning that this was not a technical defect , but a deliberately induced guided suicide (for whatever reason) . Because otherwise is not to explain why France has chased 3 interceptor behind the Boeing . They had scared of an attack on a nuclear power plant. Merkel and FRG leaders went on the Ars.h Grundeis that this was an Islamic attack , so the comic reactions of Merkel and FRG politicians . The political elite BRD was in total panic , and was afraid of the consequences !!! Now it will continue as before , Islam = peace , Islam is part of Germany , the Islamization does not occur. But I did not stop an Islam do not rule out anyway, now more than ever! I believe that nothing more ! 7 nuclear facilities within a few minutes of flight http://www.blogs.ausgestrahlt.de/wp-content/upload";
Sad day regardless of the motivation :(
“Suffered from depression?” just put up at Drudge.
In the next days more will likely be learned about this young man. At this point I’ve learned nothing that explains why he did this. As of now there appear to be no muslim and/or nazi inclinations. Nothing about financial difficulties or unhappiness with lovers. He’d apparently been extremely stressed at one time (over 5 years ago) during his flight training but nothing since then. He seems to have been liked and respected by acquaintances.
Honestly- it makes no sense to me yet.
It’s clear though- this was deliberate.
There a re lot of Turks that immigrated into Germany in the 1980s. I remember a lot of my German friends complain about that when I was stationed there (1984-86). Several of them stated that they expected the Muslims to cause problems and effectively take over.
...so far none of this is making sense. Lots of assumptions based on nothing. I just don’t get this one. But it’s early yet.
If he was responsible, rather than FB, it could have been a sign that he was preparing himself to commit this hideous act.
http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A44/B58/Pilot-Andreas-Guenter-Lubitz-Rheinland-Pfalz-.html
The database, which appears on the agency’s website at www.faa.gov, names Lubitz and other certified pilots who have met or exceeded the high educational, licensing and medical standards established by the FAA.
Pilot certification standards have evolved over time in an attempt to reduce pilot errors that lead to fatal crashes. FAA standards, which are set in consultation with the aviation industry and the public, are among the highest in the world.
Transportation safety experts strongly recommend against flying with an uncertified pilot. FAA pilot certification can be the difference between a safe flight and one that ends in tragedy.
The FAA recently announced that is it increasing the qualification requirements for co-pilots who fly for U.S. passenger and cargo airlines. These requirements mandate additional minimum flight time and training, as well as aircraft specific training.
“Safety will be my overriding priority as Secretary, so I am especially pleased to mark my first week by announcing a rule that will help us maintain our unparalleled safety record,” said Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in a press release. “We owe it to the traveling public to have only the most qualified and best trained pilots.”
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Nah... this will just become standard equipment...
http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/safety-and-survival/other/little-john-pilot-urinal.html
Lady's version available to...
I figure he was a terrorist. Muslim convert. Completely bought in. We may or may not be told that, but that’s my guess. It is the most logical, most expected, most likely answer.
who is the ‘third american’?
also, msnbc said fbi is now involved . . . ? ? ?
Pilot certification standards have evolved over time in an attempt to reduce pilot errors that lead to fatal crashes. FAA standards, which are set in consultation with the aviation industry and the public, are among the highest in the world.
Transportation safety experts strongly recommend against flying with an uncertified pilot. FAA pilot certification can be the difference between a safe flight and one that ends in tragedy.
Ouch.
“I have been elucidated.”
Yes, and with great alacrity! ;-)
.....and due digilence............;^)
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