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Germanwings Plane Crash Was No Accident

hcs_$reboot writes The Germanwings plane crash takes a scary turn. After a couple of days investigation, it appears that the co-pilot requested control of the aircraft about 20 minutes into the flight. The pilot then left the cockpit, leaving the co-pilot in full control of the plane. Then, the co-pilot manually and "intentionally" set the plane on the descent that drove it into the mountainside in the southern French Alps. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, a 28-year-old German national, could be heard breathing throughout the plane's descent and was alive at the point of impact, according to the prosecutor.

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  1. Re:it could have been an accident by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a single switch. Dont make it sound like he pushed a dresser in front of the door.

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  2. Re: Can't wait... by daremonai · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just $300 million? So, he handled restocking the Pentagon with toilet paper or something?

  3. Re:it could have been an accident by BasilBrush · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know several of your friends and they all pointed out you're a habitual liar.

  4. Re:it could have been an accident by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...its rare that a person feints while in a seated position,...

    That's not true at all. For example, often times when I am relegated to the middle seat on an airplane I'll get all fidgety and unbuckle my belt. The aisle seat passenger will assume I need to get up and start to get his/her stuff in order so that I may be let out. Then I just settle back in to my chair and keep watching my movie.

    I think you meant, "faint".

  5. Re:it could have been an accident by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Funny

    its rare that a person feints while in a seated position, its far more common while standing.

    Only because it's hard to advance or retreat from a seated position. I bet there's an example in a Three Musketeers movie though. Allez!

  6. Re:Not always true... by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about a stroke while still breathing, locking accidentally the door to "locked from inside", triggering accidentally the descent mechanism, accidentally not answering the door?

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  7. Re:it could have been an accident by itzly · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm pretty sure that the autoland feature refuses to cooperate in the middle of the Alps.

  8. Re: Can't wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    So beware of all Frenchmen.

  9. Re:it could have been an accident by Fahrvergnuugen · · Score: 3, Funny

    #2015-03-26 AIRBUS firmware patch:
    if(plane_is_in_dive && security_code_entered){
        open_fucking_door()
    }

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  10. Re:it could have been an accident by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 3, Funny

    open_fucking_door()

    They applied that patch a while ago already. But they also forgot the tailing ';' and the patch could not be accepted.

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