Posted on 03/27/2015 10:28:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The captain of the Germanwings plane that crashed into the French alps with 150 people on board earlier this week reportedly tried to break into the cockpit with an axe once he realized he was locked out, according to German tabloid Bild.
The Telegraph cites Bild's reporting based on unnamed security sources, noting that the information has not been officially confirmed but that a spokesman for Germanwings confirmed to AFP that an axe was on board the plane.
Officials have confirmed that the cockpit voice recorder recovered from the crash site shows that the captain tried to break down the reinforced cockpit door after the co-pilot refused to open it.
French officials on Thursday blamed the plane's co-pilot, 27-year-old Andreas Lubitz, for the crash that killed everyone on board. Authorities said it was his "intention to destroy this plane."
On the cockpit voice recording recovered from the crash site, Lubitz could be heard breathing from when the captain left the cockpit until the plane crashed, but he did not say a word. The captain was banging on the cockpit door and trying to break it down, but Lubitz would not open the door.
French authorities contend that Lubitz input the command to start the plane's descent after the captain left the cockpit.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Caliph Baraq, tear down that wall!
Why would anyone cite the BILD as a source?
Screen shots of the co-pilot’s FB page:
http://www.tpnn.com/2015/03/27/breaking-germanwings-co-pilot-was-muslim-convert/
Are there any medical people here that can tell us if an antidepressant FUGUE would be so strong he wouldn’t realize that pilot pounding on the door was real?
http://www.naturalnews.com/049137_Germanwings_depression_antidepressant_drugs.html#
The Captain probably thought the copilot was unconscious or otherwise incapacitated...
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No, once the captain punched the emergency access code into the keypad and the door did not open 30 seconds latter, he KNEW that the co-pilot had intentionally locked him out.
An AXE??? Where in the h-e-double toothpicks did he come up with an AXE on an airplane with?????????????
Known as a “crash axe”, apparently required by regulation on passenger aircraft. A fellow FReeper posted that info in one of the earlier “axe” threads.
Okay. Thanks. Just didn’t think there were any trees on board.
Screen shots have been removed from the article I posted. But, found them here.
http://romancatholicimperialist.blogspot.com/
That definitely raised his anxiety level another notch. So did the descent. He didn't lose hope yet. He may have thought he did something wrong or the door malfunctioned -- because it was UNTHINKABLE to him that another pilot would do such a thing. Once he gave up on the keypad he started chopping at the door. That's when the passengers knew -- and when they started screaming.
They'll never release the CVR feed, too much drama.
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