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Originally Posted by Oberon
Just looked at this video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32073318
It's pretty damning, if the co-pilot was having a health issue he would not have had his finger holding the switch down to lock in order to prevent the pilot from opening the door using the emergency override code. Since the aircraft was in a fairly controlled descent then there wouldn't have been any turbulence or G-forces to disable the pilot, so he would have had the opportunity in those eight minutes to use the emergency code.
What a selfish.... I'll stop there.
EDIT: It's also been discovered that the autopilot was set from 38,000ft to 100ft:
http://forum.flightradar24.com/threa...re-dat?p=64616 |
Oof, that last note in the video is going to lead to a lot of flak at Lufthansa. Hopefully the "two crew always in cockpit" rule is going to be introduced across the industry.
By the looks of it, we now have two nearly identical incidents in a year and a half, and pilot suicide still hasn't been definitively ruled out for MH370 either. I think the industry is going to have to face up to some questions here. I hope better mental healthcare for pilots and crew will be part of that equation.