Germanwings Pilot Was Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash in France

[Amp Mangum]

“You can hear he is trying to smash the door down.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/wo...rash.html?_r=0

[Averageman]

Thats an ugly way to go out.

[Sensei]

Let me guess, the co-pilot's name is Abdul Muhammad. All kidding aside, it is hard to imagine a senario where this is accidental if the reports are true.

[TAZ]

Let me guess, the co-pilot's name is Abdul Muhammad.

Not much of a statement in crashing 150 people into the side of a mountain.

More interested in the manifest to see if anyone of high value was onboard.

[jpmuscle]

Have the released the name of the pilots yet?

[7.62NATO]

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[Korgs130]

My guess is that it was intentional.

[C-grunt]

I'm guessing it's intentional but maybe the pilot had a brain aneurysm.

[Sensei]

My understanding from this evening's reporting is that the cabin lock-out has 3 settings: unlocked, manual, and locked. The first is self-explanatory. The second locks the door but allows the door to be opened from the cabin exterior with a combination. Locked removes the ability to use the combination and essentially seals the cabin. According to CNN, the SOP is for the cabin door to be set on manual when one of the crew exits to take a whiz so that they could re-enter with the combination in case of an emergency with the remaining crew member. Thus, someone would have had to accidently set the door to locked and then experienced an incapacitating event after their partner exited the cabin. That sounds possible but not likely.

[ABNAK]

I'm guessing it's intentional but maybe the pilot had a brain aneurysm.

The pilot/co-pilot who was heard trying to smash in the door would have had a code to enter the door with. HOWEVER, the code can be overridden from inside the cockpit. The plot thickens.......



EDT: didn't see Sensei's post above mine. But he's right, possible but not likely.