Crashed Intentionally

[TXHUNT3R]

Surprised that planes still have pilots. The technology exists to fly these from the ground.
Sad deal.

Was thinking about this, seal that control area off and remote fly it.

[txdukklr]

Yes, but in over 30 years of public safety work, I've seen exactly TWO incidents where a person intentionally drove their car into an oncoming vehicle to commit suicide. Let that sink in.

Not trying to be argumentative, just trying to point out that there's an important degree of difference. In a commercial aircraft, you have no control; you're strapped into an anchor if the pilot decides to crash the aircraft. Driving your own vehicle, you at least have some degree of control and may be able to avoid a kamikaze driver trying to torpedo you.

Edit:
Listening to the BBC last night on shortwave, they report
1) While the pilot was gone, the co-pilot had to get out of his seat and manually engage the security lock on the door.
2) There were repeated calls from ATC and other aircraft in the area asking if there was a problem. The co-pilot can be heard calmly breathing.
3) As Willwork04 posted, the pilot banged on the door and yelled for eight solid minutes. Again, the co-pilot can be heard breathing calmly as chaos goes on around him.
4) Finally, the altitude adjustment is a knob that must be rotated manually "many, many times" to zero out the altitude.

Very solid evidence that the co-pilot intentionally murdered 149 people during the course of his own suicide.

The copilot does NOT have to get of his seat to manually lock. He has lock out ability from his seat. if the seat side switch is locked internally then it overrides the keypad at the door.

The US requires a flight attendant or another pilot to enter the cabin if one of the pilot leaves the cockpit, should be standard across all flights.

I fly 100k miles a year minimum, I'm inherently nervous flyer but this doesn't make me any more nervous then i was before.

[Playa]

What about a way to override controls from the ground? So someone could take over and safely land the plane?

The other side of that coin is that a plane that can be flown from the ground is open to being hacked by non personnel and crashed from the ground with no suicide hi jacker.

[Barrett]

I do not see a fail proof design. If wackos want to kill they will find a way to do it. Tradgic nonetheless.

[Cooper]

Just terrible....

[willwork04]

Maybe we should ban flying?

**ducks for cover**

[Thumper]

No. Reports say he can be heard breathing calmly.

Could mean he was unconscious, but the co-pilot manually trimmed the airplane for level flight after the decent.

[TXHUNT3R]

I do not see a fail proof design. If wackos want to kill they will find a way to do it. Tradgic nonetheless.

Sad but true

[Playa]

Reports out if Germany this morning are reporting that his Lufthansa flight instructors I initially deemed him "unfit for flight". He spent 18 months seeking psychiatric therapy for "severe depression."

Really sad deal- mass homicide by suicide

[TXHUNT3R]

Reports out if Germany this morning are reporting that his Lufthansa flight instructors I initially deemed him "unfit for flight". He spent 18 months seeking psychiatric therapy for "severe depression."

Really sad deal- mass homicide by suicide

oh wow, bad deal. Should not have been in that cockpit.

Prayers for those that lost their lives.