* BREAKING - Germanwings pilot was locked out of the cockpit

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  1. RPA1

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    That needed to be said...Thank you. Apparently the plane crashed while flying at speed. Hopefully their deaths were merciful. Reports are there is nothing much large that is left.
     
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    Germans and French are already covering up the terror angle.
    "We don't know what happened but we're sure it wasn't terrorism."
    Disgusting.
     
  3. Steve N

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    But they don't know what happened. Sounds like a comment Obama would make.
     
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    And that has happened.
     
  5. The Wyrd of Gawd

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    Maybe the pilot killed the co-pilot and then went to use the lavatory. The pilot returns to the cockpit and bangs on the door knowing that he can't get in. The co-pilot ends up taking the blame for crash and because everything is smashed up no one will ever put the finger on the pilot.
     
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    PARIS (AP) — One of the pilots of the German airliner that crashed in the Alps was apparently locked out of the cockpit when the plane went down, an official with knowledge of black box audio recordings said Thursday.

    The New York Times earlier quoted an unidentified investigator as saying someone can be heard knocking on the cockpit door. The Times quoted the source as saying: "And then he hits the door stronger and no answer. There is never an answer."

    Lufthansa has refused to identify the pilots, or give details of ages and nationality, but it said the co-pilot joined Germanwings in September 2013, directly after training, and had flown 630 hours.

    My take - The plane hit the mountain going over 350mph. Even at full speed at cruising altitude, if a plane loses all engines, they are designed to have one hour of glide time. The fact they won't release the name or nationality of the pilots, and the fact the fact there was no distress signal, and the fact a pilot was locked out and the door was not opened when he banged on the door, is all pointing to very major foul play. RIP to all the innocent lives. But the plot thickens.

    http://news.yahoo.com/official-1-pilot-locked-crash-plane-cockpit-072049706.html
     
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    And he probably couldn't kick the door in because doors are now reinforced due to terrorism...

    So basically terrorism is inadvertently are responsible for this crash.
     
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    Prosecutor: Germanwings co-pilot wanted to destroy plane

    http://wwlp.com/2015/03/26/nbc-news-germanwings-pilot-appears-to-have-intentionally-crashed-jet/

    What was the name of the pilot at the controls?
    Why haven’t they released the pilots’ names?
    Why did they rule out terror immediately? How could they possibly know?


    From what I know about A320, the locked flight deck of the aircraft could be entered using an emergency code on a keypad. In the case of the pilot flying the aircraft being incapacitated, the door will automatically open after a set period of time if the correct code is entered. However, in the event a pilot flying the aircraft does not want the other pilot to enter the flight deck, the one in the cockpit has the ability to block entry if he reacts before the door would be opened automatically. If the person on the other side of the door says ‘no’, you can’t get in.

    Unlike Liberals, I'm not restrained by political correctness, so I'm calling it for what it is - Allahu Akbar flight. Beautiful weather, no distress call. Too much like Malaysian flight, is it not?
     
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    You cannot lock the reinforcement from the outside.
     
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    An American Muslim pilot for a German airline?

    Why is this probable?
     
  12. Channe

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    Holy crap ! - it's all but confirmed, huh ? Mass murdering co-pilot. What a tragedy. If true, may this pilot burn in hell !
     
  13. Gatewood

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    Yes and while it does not automatically follow that the remaining pilot in the control cabin was secretly an Islamic terrorist who decided to shoot for the heavenly 72 virgins package . . . it is rather likely. Pretty much it all depends on the fellow's background. If no Islamic connection then the probability of terrorism goes waaaaaaaaaaaaay down but does so without automatically ruling out suicide, because taking out a host of innocents when one decides to go, does not always have to involve Islam. But it's just that nowadays it very often does.
     
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    And the names can only be withheld for one and only reason. I know the reason. Do you know the reason?

    - - - Updated - - -

    I bet the pilot remaining in the cockpit has Middle Eastern name. There's no other reason for us to not yet know his name.
     
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    The name of the pilot will put the blame right where it belongs.

    - - - Updated - - -

    But you can from the inside.
     
  16. Zazei

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    They released the name of the second pilot in the cockpit. His name was Andreas Lubitz, a german with 630 flight hours for the company who worked there over a year.No known terrorist connections but it's obvious he crashed it on purpose. So could be suicide although it's odd he choose to take so many with him.
     
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    Wait, so it's only terrorism if the co-pilot was Muslim ? What a crock. If it was a suicidal Christian pilot who brought the plane down, it's still terrorism.
     
  18. Gatewood

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    Either he has a Muslim name or a European name but with just a tiny bit of research from plugging the name into a database one would immediately discover that he was a recent convert to Islam. Now perhaps none of that is true, but it's the obvious answer set and one that anyone grounded in logic would be compelled to give serious weight to when examining the currently available facts.

    By the way, thanks for the information regarding how a pilot inside the cabin can override the other pilot's attempt at regaining entry via his code. I figured that there would be something along those lines, but I didn't know.
     
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    The pilot's name was Andreas Lubitz. Not very Middle Eastern.
     
  20. Dutch

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    Right. No personal background/ancestry is released yet... lets wait
     
  21. Channe

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    it's almost like you want it to be because of Islamo-terrorism.
     
  22. Gatewood

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    Try dismounting from the high-horse for a moment and re-read what I wrote, " . . . taking out a host of innocents when one decides to go, does not always have to involve Islam. But it's just that nowadays it very often does."

    This time around did you note the key phrases and words which discredited the nature of your reply? Terrorism in modern parlance almost always involve political and or political/religious motivations. But murder/suicide can just be despair and bitterness, and while causing terror just before their death is NOT actually the definition in modern terms of terrorism.
     
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    My take on this tragedy is, they can fly drones 10,000 miles away, they can control and pilot a rover on Mars 3 million miles away, why is it this technology is not in the cockpit of every plane on the planet?

    Also, they have voice recordings on planes, why not video?

    Wake up world, we have inmates running the asylum
     
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    Or if it was a suicidal atheist pilot, it's still terrorism.

    Some of the most eager suicide bombers have been atheists, the Tamil Tigers for instance.
     
  25. Gatewood

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    My guess is that since these are 'for profit' run businesses that some expenses are just too formidable when compared to profit margins.
     

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