Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the Alps

[Locutus]

Okay, here we go again.  A normally safe aircraft (the Airbus A320) has crashed in the Alps killing everyone on board.  As of the time of this post, one of the black boxes (the cockpit voice recorder) has been recovered.  The plane's fuselage is obliterated. 

According to CNN:

According to an online flight tracker that records altitude, the plane was at 38,000 feet, and eight minutes later had dropped to 11,400 feet -- a drop of nearly 27,000 feet. The plane's speed dropped during the descent, from 551 mph to 480, according to the tracking data.

This could indicate that there was not a stall, but that the pilot was still controlling the plane to some extent, Schiavo said.



It'll be interesting to see what the cause of this one will be. 

[Palehorse]

Okay, here we go again.  A normally safe aircraft (the Airbus A320) has crashed in the Alps killing everyone on board.  As of the time of this post, one of the black boxes (the cockpit voice recorder) has been recovered.  The plane's fuselage is obliterated. 

According to CNN:

According to an online flight tracker that records altitude, the plane was at 38,000 feet, and eight minutes later had dropped to 11,400 feet -- a drop of nearly 27,000 feet. The plane's speed dropped during the descent, from 551 mph to 480, according to the tracking data.

This could indicate that there was not a stall, but that the pilot was still controlling the plane to some extent, Schiavo said.



It'll be interesting to see what the cause of this one will be.

I'm suspecting shades of the Egypt Air crash in this one. . . suicide. . .

[Palehorse]

"No piece left that is larger than a small car." 

[Purplelady1040]

"No piece left that is larger than a small car." 

It is horrible. Heard that there was a group of high school kids on the plane.

[Locutus]

I'm suspecting shades of the Egypt Air crash in this one. . . suicide. . .

(CNN)Latest developments:

• 7:51 p.m. ET: One of the pilots on board Germanwings Flight 9525 was locked out of the cockpit when the plane crashed Tuesday, a senior military official told The New York Times, citing evidence from the cockpit voice recorder.

[Locutus]

Holy hell!!!! 

The cockpit voice recorder indicates that one of the pilots on Germanwings Flight 9525 was locked out of the cockpit when the plane crashed, a senior military official tells The New York Times.

[Henry Hawk]

I think radical Islamic Muslims strike again!

[Locutus]

I think radical Islamic Muslims strike again!

Maybe not. 

If this whole thing was simply a suicide mission, then why not plant the plane nose down and get it over with?  Why the long, slow glide to a lower altitude and then into the mountainside?   That part doesn't make any real sense. 

If the remaining pilot was on some sort of suicide mission to which the locked out pilot wasn't a party, one would think he would have crashed the plane before the other pilot would have had a chance to break the door down and get back in.  In other words, nose down, dive, die. 

[Henry Hawk]

Maybe not. 

If this whole thing was simply a suicide mission, then why not plant the plane nose down and get it over with?  Why the long, slow glide to a lower altitude and then into the mountainside?   That part doesn't make any real sense. 

If the remaining pilot was on some sort of suicide mission to which the locked out pilot wasn't a party, one would think he would have crashed the plane before the other pilot would have had a chance to break the door down and get back in.  In other words, nose down, dive, die. 

You may very well be correct, and I realize I am just making an assumption, but....in this day and time, it is not a stretch or a wild assed assumption.  We may never know for sure what was the reason.

[Purplelady1040]

I just think it was a terrorist attack.

[Palehorse]

DELIBERATE!

[Palehorse]

Maybe not. 

If this whole thing was simply a suicide mission, then why not plant the plane nose down and get it over with?  Why the long, slow glide to a lower altitude and then into the mountainside?   That part doesn't make any real sense. 

If the remaining pilot was on some sort of suicide mission to which the locked out pilot wasn't a party, one would think he would have crashed the plane before the other pilot would have had a chance to break the door down and get back in.  In other words, nose down, dive, die.

Prayer and a desire to impose horror upon all?

[Purplelady1040]

More details about the copilot are coming out. I am not positive but thought on the news it stated that most times when a pilot went to the restroom that a flight attendant would enter the cockpit and stay in the cockpit until the pilot returned. They were wondering if the attendant was in the cockpit or rendered useless once they entered. I am sure we will never know.

[libby]

According to the latest news the co-pilot, who was only 28,was alone in the cockpit. He was apparently calm (they could hear his breathing), but he said nothing. As the plane went down, the pilot could be heard yelling and trying to break down the door to get back into the cockpit.

[Locutus]

I'd like to know why he did it.