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Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' 12:45 - Mar 26 with 4372 views

CountyJim

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32063587

Oh My God those poor people

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' on 11:40 - Mar 27 with 1080 views

Brynmill_Jack

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' on 20:14 - Mar 26 by fbreath
I read today that the door to the cockpit had a key code lock on the outside but the crew inside the cockpit can disable the key code lock on a timer for between 5 & 20 minutes hence why the captain outside couldn't get back in.

They can overide the system from inside the cockpit in case the captain has a terrorist with a gun to his head demanding entrance to the flight deck

Each time I go to Bedd - au........................

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' on 14:25 - Mar 27 with 1046 views

controversial_jack

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' on 20:08 - Mar 26 by londonlisa2001
yes - that's fair enough. I guess that anything computerised could be hacked. I also struggle to understand what has happened in this case given that reports suggest (has it been confirmed?) that this pilot had had depression and a near breakdown in the past. I would have assumed (seemingly wrongly) that airlines routinely screened pilots and this sort of past would rule them out for ever.

Depression doesn't prevent anyone being employed as a pilot

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' on 14:47 - Mar 27 with 1032 views

londonlisa2001

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' on 14:25 - Mar 27 by controversial_jack
Depression doesn't prevent anyone being employed as a pilot

I meant the breakdown bit rather than depression itself.

Although I'd hope that someone with a history of certain types of depression was very very carefully assessed before being able to fly.

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' on 14:54 - Mar 27 with 1028 views

Pegojack

These revelations are going to bring huge pressure on Lufthansa. We haven't heard the half of it yet. I can hear backsides being covered at a rate of knots in their HQ as we speak.

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' on 16:39 - Mar 28 with 953 views

Brynmill_Jack

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' on 14:47 - Mar 27 by londonlisa2001
I meant the breakdown bit rather than depression itself. Although I'd hope that someone with a history of certain types of depression was very very carefully assessed before being able to fly.

It's really simple to fix this. Make it law that doctors have to email sick papers to the airlines as well as hand them to the pilots. Especially for things like depression

Each time I go to Bedd - au........................

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' on 05:07 - Mar 29 with 914 views

Starsky

Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' on 16:39 - Mar 28 by Brynmill_Jack
It's really simple to fix this. Make it law that doctors have to email sick papers to the airlines as well as hand them to the pilots. Especially for things like depression

They'll never go to the doctors then.

I do find the Airlines declaration that he "was 100% fit to fly"

That's a tad erroneous isn't it?

It's just the internet, init.

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