Matthew
Touchdown! Greaser!
So far I haven't been able to get a second source for that info. All the other news outlets are saying, "The NYT is reporting that sources...."
Yes. That accident and a few others brought more stringent rules, such as the AAiP (Aging Aircraft Inspection Program) and more emphasis on Aircraft Corrosion.
My point is people not familiar with transports get the idea that they are maintained like small GA aircraft, which is not the case.
And the pilot is from....?
Prove anything I said is false.
You came out of the other thread on Airbus looking like a fool, and now you're attempting that same feat here.
Play your silly games elsewhere.
Merde. One pilot locked out of cockpit.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/world/europe/germanwings-airbus-crash.html?_r=0&referrer=
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This is not true. There is an alternate method for opening the door.
Does it involve huffing and puffing?
Strange.....I thought Germany was doing quite well under Merkle. Reports indicate that Germany is at the top of the heap in the EU and well under control. The airline used to train its people right here in the U.S. Is this still true?
Sounding an awful lot like a suicide mission. I really hope that is not accurate.
No, just some Googling. It's out there...
This is not true. There is an alternate method for opening the door.
Hmmm... Then why didn't the pilot know about it? That's even more interesting.
Interestingly they have not released the names of the pilots. Hmmm....
So you're saying door physically blocked and intentional descent? But if one really would want to crash an airplane, then why go down at 3000ft/min? Push it over and get it done.
Who said he didn't? Again, as previously mentioned, there is an over ride.
Just a naive question here... is it possible, at all, that a medical event on the pilot alone in the cockpit might have happened?
I'm not familiar at all with the way the Airbus controls work, but is there a way a potential slumping action could put the aircraft into that steady descent?
A couple things about the suicide theory bug me. Mainly, why the 8-10 minute descent? Why not just push it over and be done with it?
To not scare the pax too bad?
Is there a publicly accessible record of who is piloting a commercial aircraft?
Who said he didn't? Again, as previously mentioned, there is an over ride.
Just a naive question here... is it possible, at all, that a medical event on the pilot alone in the cockpit might have happened?
I'm not familiar at all with the way the Airbus controls work, but is there a way a potential slumping action could put the aircraft into that steady descent?
A couple things about the suicide theory bug me. Mainly, why the 8-10 minute descent? Why not just push it over and be done with it?
Thinking about AF447, can you just pop a critical system breaker and send the system into full basic(I forgot the name) Law and get manual reversion with no protections? At that point it appears like you just point it down the path you want and let go and the plane will hold that right?
A320 Displays and Panels
Cockpit Door Panel
Cockpit Door Switch
Frequency Displays and Transfer Button
UNLOCK
Unlocks door when raised above the detent and held in this position. Door must be pushed to open. UNLOCK is an override and reset selection of any previous action.
NORM
When NORM is selected, it allows the door to be locked when closed. It also allows the door to be opened after an emergency access code entry and 30 second delay in case of pilot incapacitation.
LOCK
Momentarily placing the cockpit door switch to LOCK illuminates the red cockpit access panel light, rejects keypad entry request, inhibits aural alerts, and prevents further access code entry for 20 minutes. The cockpit door switch returns to NORM when released, but remains in locked mode for 20 minutes or until UNLOCK is selected.
Quick answer? "No".
There is no single fail point that would drive the aircraft into direct law.
Huh, then how did a single pitot failure send it into direct law? There's no way to mimic that?
The bewilderment of the Lufthansa CEO regarding this incident is telling.
There has been no mention of any faults being revealed via ACARS. If you cut back to AF447 they were referenced very early in the piece.
The Lufthansa CEO would be apprised very early by his own people if any hint of mechanical problems was evident. But nothing so far except extreme bewilderment.
The aircraft was travelling at excessive speed; in excess of VMO. That is acceptable if you are on fire and heading for Nice or somewhere like that. This aircraft remained on track.
Travelling in excess of VMO in a A320 disconnects the AP and triggers the high speed protections which pitch the aircraft up. This aircraft did not pitch up. Which probably means it was being over-ridden by whomever was flying it.
That raises the possibility that the aircraft was hand flown all the way down.
That is ok if you are trying to get to an airport quickly but this aircraft stayed on track and headed directly for the Alps.
This aircraft did not capture any altitudes. Either the descent altitude was set below 6000 feet on the FCU; unlikely but it could have been done in error for the initial descent, or it was being hand flown.
Pulling open des on an emergency descent, provided a lower altitude is set in the FCU, in cruise engages the speed mode which would have captured the cruise mach, which then would have crossed-over to an IAS somewhere on descent. The autothrust commands IDLE and the selected speed is controlled by the elevators.
Therefore only way to achieve max speed is if someone sets it there. There is no reason to do so, and you certainly don't deliberately fly in excess of VMO. The high speed protections would be fighting against you.
Barring some sort of irrecoverable autoflight glitch, the foul play aspect will be increasingly looked at.
Wasn't AF447 dual pitot failure?
(And I think in that case it went into "alternate law".)
Single, #2 which was on the active Autopilot.
...temporary inconsistency between the measured speeds, likely as a result of the obstruction of the pitot tubes by ice crystals, causing autopilot disconnection and reconfiguration to alternate law;
Exactly.....and his/her religion
Obviously a Buddhist.
From the final AF447 report (emphasis added):