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0 pointsCamperBob23y ago0 comments

Securing cockpit doors is what prevents the next 9/11. It was both necessary and sufficient.

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Securing cockpit doors contributed to the death of 150 people however: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525

> Shortly after reaching cruise altitude and while the captain was out of the cockpit, Lubitz locked the cockpit door and initiated a controlled descent that continued until the aircraft hit a mountainside.

amelius3y ago

Yes. Did they fix the doors/protocol in the meantime?

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Grimburger3y ago

Securing the doors allowed the Germanwings flight 9525 massacre to be carried out and potentially Malaysian Airlines flight 370 too.

jsjohnst3y ago

No, what allowed that was them not requiring two people to be on the flight deck. That’s insane to me (and doesn’t happen in the US which customarily has a two person rule, which I believe is defined in Part 121, but still trying to find it).

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rob743y ago

Securing cockpit doors contributed to the death of 150 people however: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525

amelius3y ago

Yes. Did they fix the doors/protocol in the meantime?

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Grimburger3y ago

Securing the doors allowed the Germanwings flight 9525 massacre to be carried out and potentially Malaysian Airlines flight 370 too.

jsjohnst3y ago

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