Germanwings Pilot Was Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash in France

[Averageman]

They just announced it was deliberate.

[jpmuscle]

They just announced it was deliberate.

Bah, beat me to it.

[SHIVAN]

...and the guys name is not Abdul. It's some German dude.

Either he is a converted muslim, has some family that was abducted by muslims that forced him to do this, or he just wanted to off himself and take 100+ people with him.

[Eurodriver]

Let us not try and act like crazed lunatics don't commit acts of mass murder for reasons other than Islam.

Focusing too much on Islam is just as bad as ignoring it all together.

[SHIVAN]

I listed three options, not trying or acting, like anything.

Further, if you had to wager your entire net worth on a 2015 violent act involving the hijacking and crashing of a commercial airliner, and I gave you four choices....you'd pick something other than Radical Islamist/Influenced by Radical Islamist(s)?

Let us not try and act like crazed lunatics don't commit acts of mass murder for reasons other than Islam.

Focusing too much on Islam is just as bad as ignoring it all together.

[Eurodriver]

My post wasn't directed at you at all, just the thread direction in general.

Of course I'd bet on Islam, but confirmation bias is still no bueno. When AA Flight 587 crashed in Queens 2 months after 9/11, everyone thought it was terrorism, when it was in fact a direct result of poor pilot training.

Silk Air Flight 185 is another example. The guy just lost over a million dollars, was pissed at the world, and took everyone down with him.

My only point is that we shouldn't jump to conclusions, not that we should pretend Islam could never be responsible.

[7.62NATO]

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[Averageman]

At this time, one can only speculate as to why the co-pilot deliberately crashed the Airbus. As to this event being attributable to terrorism, for every day that passes without a terrorist group taking responsibility for the crash, this is less likely to be the case. Instead, if I were to speculate, mental illness (such as clinical depression, etc.) may ultimately be ruled the reason the co-pilot deliberately destroyed the aircraft, taking 149 others with him. According to investigators, the co-pilot's breathing was eerily normal, despite the pounding on the cockpit door, and the undoubtedly chaotic scene in the cabin as passengers realized what was happening.

We may never know, but it is also unlikely we will ever get an autopsy either. Apparently he was very normal and well liked to those around him. Wondering if you could have a brain aneurism and breath "normally" after your melon went out of order?
Even if you say terrorism didn't cause it, you have to admit, if people didn't take hostages, break down doors to the cabin or commit terrorist acts and hijackings, that door would have been able to be opened.

[7.62NATO]

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[7.62NATO]

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