DeskOrbinaut
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9-11 was only possible because of two things:
(a) passengers have been taught not to resist the hijackers
(b) shooting down a hijacked airliner was not considered an option
(a) access to the cockpit was not a big deal
(b) passengers have been taught not to resist the hijackers
(c) shooting down a hijacked airliner was not considered an option
Both of these circumstances no longer exist, so 9-11 style attack can no longer be repeated.
Until someone does. I have learned to use the word "not possible" with greatest care. Everything is possible. And someone else always will be "smarter" than you and me. Besides fighting of 4-6 hijackers can be a big deal.
Observe further that this is the second time reinforced cockpit doors have enabled hijacking by a crew member (third if you count MH370). The first was Ethiopian 702:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26222674
So the question is why no lessons have been taken from Ethiopian 702.
http://news.aviation-safety.net/2013/12/22/list-of-aircraft-accidents-caused-by-pilot-suicide/
26 September 1976 - an Antonov 2 is not a commercial airliner so that's a little different story here
22 August 1979 - a stolen a military plane (by a mechanic) also is a different story
13 July 1994 - also no pilot suicide but hijacking a military plane by an engineer
21 August 1994 - one of the controversial "suggested" pilot suicide claims
Silk Air Flight 185 - controversial
11 October 1999 - the airplane was "stolen" on ground
31 October 1999 - might be pilot suicide
29 November 2013 - still no final report yet, happened in November 2013...
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Still, i find it hard to believe that someone can just sit there in front of the controls and breath normally while a mountain is getting bigger and bigger in front of you.
Not only this. It "was" (if...) a spontaneous decision. There are enough occasions during a normal working day of a pilot during which one pilot is alone in the cockpit because the other one is taking a leak. They flew from Dusseldorf to Barcelona as scheduled. But on the flight back he just decides to end it all right now within a few seconds. Does not seem reasonable to me. Or he was waiting for it for days/weeks/months already. But I simply can not believe this.
Also: where is the DFDR? The DFDR and CVR are both located next to each other in the tail of the airplane. Last report was that they "located" the DFDR. Now what?
The state prosecutor believes Andreas Lubitz did it on purpose just by being told from someone else what can be heard on the recording from the CVR 48 hours after the crash (actually only hours after they read the recording).
Sorry, too early for any certain conclusions. But maybe Brice Robin thinks more in favour of Airbus...
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A person with a heart attack is going to have a different breath pattern. This is why heart attack has been ruled out.
There is a bunch of other medical issues which can not be ruled out just by listening breath on the headset channel.