German plane crash kills 150 people in French Alps

[FAQ]

AIRPLANE is still the SAFEST mode of transportation.

In recent weeks, there have been a cluster of fatal air crashes, the most horrifying of which is the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet as a result of a surface-to-air missile fired from the conflict-ridden area of east Ukraine.

According to the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives in Geneva, although we are only halfway through 2014, there have already been more than twice as many aviation fatalities this year (991) than in 2013 (459).

Even so, experts agree that flying has never been safer. Arnold Barnett, a statistics professor at M.I.T., has been widely quoted as saying a person could fly every day for an average of 123,000 years before dying in a plane crash.

Why has air travel become safer? The structural and mechanical parts of planes have become more reliable while navigation systems have become more sophisticated, thus mitigating the chance of collisions due to poor visibility.

SOURCE: Airline safety: Is it safer to fly, drive or take the train? - World - CBC News

Apparently, the pilot intentionally crashed this plane according to their investigation. It's not an aircraft tech troubleshoot problem.

The co-pilot of the German airliner that crashed in the southern French Alps apparently locked the chief pilot out of the cockpit and caused the plane to descend, a French prosecutor said Thursday.

The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 4U92595, identified as a 28-year-old German national named Andreas Lubitz, appeared to want to "destroy the plane," Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said. The co-pilot was breathing and alive until the plane hit the ground, Robin said.

The co-pilot had been alone in the cockpit after the chief pilot left to use the washroom. Robin said audio recovered from the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the co-pilot didn't say a word while he was alone in control of the plane.

"It was absolute silence in the cockpit," he said.

SOURCE: Germanwings Flight 4U9525: Co-pilot put plane into descent, prosecutor says - World - CBC News

[Eiso]

The man who murdered everybody aboard Flight 4U9525

Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz DELIBERATELY crashed plane into French Alps | Daily Mail Online

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double post. mb

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BCC is even accused of Bias reporting.

OT.implying RT isn't accused of biased reporting themselves.

It doesn't even try to cover up its bias. When it comes to RT, BBC, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, Al Jazeera...you pick your poison. Take them with a grain of salt, don't just swallow up what regurgitated mess they call journalism.

OnT: It seems likely jud nga this was intentional by the pilot left in the cockpit. In normal circumstance, the pilot who left could have come back inside using the code--which can only be overridden by the pilot inside the cockpit. So it seems deliberate. Grabe jud ang crash oi, into the sheer face of a mountain. I'm surprised they recovered any human remains.

[Motownkid]

The "rule of 2" apparently doesn't exist in Europe..

The Airbus A320 plane is designed with safeguards to allow emergency entry to the cockpit if a pilot inside is unresponsive, but the override code known to the crew does not go into effect and indeed goes into a five-minute lockdown if the person inside the cockpit specifically denies entry, according to an Airbus training video and a pilot who spoke to the Associated Press.

The pilot said airlines operating in Europe are not required to have two people in the cockpit at all times.

Germanwings crash: pilot locked out of plane's cockpit, say reports | World news | The Guardian

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Update :

Germanwings crash prompts airlines to introduce cockpit "Rule of 2"| The Guardian

A “rule of two” is routine among US carriers.

The US Federal Aviation Authority said in a statement: “US airlines have to develop procedures that the FAA approves. Those procedures include a requirement that, when one of the pilots exits the cockpit for any reason, another qualified crew member must lock the door and remain on the flight deck until the pilot returns to his or her station. A qualified crew member could be a flight attendant or a relief pilot serving as part of the crew.”

According to rules set out by the European Aviation Safety Agency, pilots must remain at their “assigned station” throughout the flight, “unless absence is necessary for the performance of duties in connection with the operation or for physiological needs”.

At this point, one pilot can leave the cockpit provided “at least one suitably qualified pilot remains at the controls of the aircraft at all times”.

[Gjhone]

they will look for ways napud para ma avoid ni nga situation. dili nalang jud mogawas ang mga piloto.
if nature calls, use diaper or chair nga deretso inidoro.

[yhokz101]

Was the pilot on anti-depressant drugs?

http://m.naturalnews.com/news/049137...ant_drugs.html

[salbahis]

they will look for ways napud para ma avoid ni nga situation. dili nalang jud mogawas ang mga piloto.
if nature calls, use diaper or chair nga deretso inidoro.

toink... mura sad atong MMDA nga mag diaper para dili na moahawa sa ilaha area... himo pa silang technology nga pwede ma control ang plane from a 3rd party location then again kuyaw sad i hack sa mga terorist ug i dam-ag na noon sa... what was that movie again?

[zambisyosa]

sus. may gane dili muslim ang co-pilot! hoooo! hahaha

[dexlimp]

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane'

After 9/11, they made cockpits impregnable. It keeps the terrorists out, but in the end it also allows someone to keep their colleagues out too. Airlines have to make a call. Which is the bigger threat - terrorism or suicide?