I can't believe that during that final 8 minutes where the pilot/co-pilot was trying to enter the cock/pit, that nobody on board made contact with a loved-one/relative. If I was on a plane and there was clearly a major incident unfolding, I would be contacting my wife and kids. I think the authorities know more than they are letting on.
The plane crash in the Alps
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As i said in a rapid decompression, you will have time to put on the mask - in response to someones question.
Its highly unlikely that the triple laminated screen breaks suddenly. Its more a gradual crack in one of the layers, and usually its not the structural layer.
A sudden decompression takes place due to an explosion, the aircraft is quite well sealed at altitude so it wont just suddenly lose pressurization.
@PVR and SARS
Its a catch 22 situation - if the code is known by a terrorist then there must be a facility to ignore the code i.e. lock the door and prevent entry from the inside.
In this case, thats what happened - UNLESS you consider the scenario where the other crew FORGOT the code (or realised too late what was happening) and could not gain entry, with the pilot at the controls knocked out due to sudden decompression and not being able to don the mask or as someone said he passed out. Why the autopilot should be off and a shallow rate of descent initiated complicates matters further as in an emergency descent due to decompression, the rate would be sigificantly higher.
Its highly unlikely that the triple laminated screen breaks suddenly. Its more a gradual crack in one of the layers, and usually its not the structural layer.
A sudden decompression takes place due to an explosion, the aircraft is quite well sealed at altitude so it wont just suddenly lose pressurization.
@PVR and SARS
Its a catch 22 situation - if the code is known by a terrorist then there must be a facility to ignore the code i.e. lock the door and prevent entry from the inside.
In this case, thats what happened - UNLESS you consider the scenario where the other crew FORGOT the code (or realised too late what was happening) and could not gain entry, with the pilot at the controls knocked out due to sudden decompression and not being able to don the mask or as someone said he passed out. Why the autopilot should be off and a shallow rate of descent initiated complicates matters further as in an emergency descent due to decompression, the rate would be sigificantly higher.
Is the cockpit air tight ? I guess it must be in case someone tries to gas the entire aircraft. But if it were not then a rapid decompression would affect the rest of the aircraft, and the confusion of putting masks on etc. would take up time, and then would you really be thinking about turning your phone off flight mode ? And if you did, would you even get a signal in such a remote area ? If it was a deliberate act then I'd imagine turning off wifi/satellite comms from the cockpit would be easy.
All speculation. However when they find the flight data recorder they'll be able to piece it together.
All speculation. However when they find the flight data recorder they'll be able to piece it together.
The cockpit is not airtight as a seperate entity. The fuselage as a whole is pressurised, with a small ouflow valve which opens and closes to maintain the pressure differential. An explosive or rapid decompression would affect all on board including flight crew.
bony_13 said:
Exactly, watching the crew frantically trying to get into the cock-pit would immediately alarm you. I personally would turn air-plane mode off and phone my wife. I'm sure at least one person on that flight would've done the same. What are the chances that the pilot/co-pilot died/became seriously ill whilst putting the plane into a slow descent and also disabled access to the cabin whilst the other pilot/co-pilot had left. Very slight I would say.
By the seaside...
The pilot that was locked out was shagging the Mrs of the one who was flying - the one in the cockpit was very depressed about this state of affairs and decides to kill himself by crashing the plane, taking the other pilot with him - hard luck on the px but he's suicidal and they're just 'cargo' - he decides to draw it out so that the man who's been cuckolding him has time to realise what, and hopefully why, this is happening and suffer the way he's been suffering....pvr said: