Friday, March 27, 2015

The pilot was locked out of the cockpit.

Via WRSA

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Prosecutor: Passengers shrieked as jet crashed into Alps

That phrase finally revealed the full horror of the crash of Germanwings flight 9525. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz waited for the pilot to leave the cockpit, then locked the door to prevent his re-entry. After which Lubitz, for reasons unknown and perhaps unknowable, deliberately steered the jet into a harrowing 8 minute plunge ending in an explosive 434 mph impact with a rocky mountainside. 150 men, women and children met an immediate, unthinkably violent death.

Lubitz, in his single-minded madness, couldn't be stopped because anyone who could change the jet's disastrous course was locked out.

It's hard to imagine the growing feelings of fear and helplessness that the passengers felt as the unforgiving landscape rushed up to meet them. Hard - but not impossible.

Because America is in trouble. We feel the descent in the pits of our stomachs. We hear the shake and rattle of structures stressed beyond their limits. We don't know where we're going anymore, but do know it isn't good. And above all, we feel helpless because Barack Obama has locked us out.

2 comments:

  1. According to Hollande, the FDR card was located but the memory chip was
    missing. Unbelievable.
    If the co-pilot was committing suicide, why kill others. Suicide is usually a
    private matter unless there is an emotional connection to another.
    Jovial after take-off then went down hill in flight. Weird.

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    1. When I first heard about it, I assumed just another Muslim, but I guess not.

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