I thought that but then...

Any terrorist could attack a pilot leaving the cabin for the key. And it might be that that pilot was pushed out and locked out for a good reason so you wouldn't want him to get back in. Pretty hard to stop really. Even if you make a rule of at least two having to stay in the cockpit it might stop suicide but not a terrorist plot I'd they're both in on it.

You could have an override from atc maybe?

But it would have been very opportunistic. Not often a pilot leaves the cockpit on such a short flight. This was only 30 minutes or so after take off. You have thought his mum taught him to go to the toilet before he left.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on March 26th 2015 at 00:32:58

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that plane crash pretty mysterious (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 26, 00:04:11
- Just read that. If true sounds like nailed on suicide. If it were a terrorist act then (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 26, 00:17:26
  - Heart attack much more likely than suicide I reckon (n/m) (General Chat) - RochdaleCanary, Mar 26, 09:13:44
    - No reason to lock the door though (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 26, 10:49:07
  - Not right that people should jump to conclusions but... (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Mar 26, 00:29:11
    - Yeah didn't mean to jump to conclusions. Far from certain its true. Only NYT reporting it (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 26, 00:34:40
      - The NY Post is the Murdoch paper, not the NYT. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Mar 26, 07:19:22
        
        Details, how dare you? ;) (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Mar 26, 07:24:14
      - Many other scenarios though. I remember one question they didn't answer was whether there (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 26, 00:47:14
        
        Wouldn't explain the descent though (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Mar 26, 07:44:18
        
        the CIA tampered with the auto-pilot (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 26, 09:52:56
        
        You idiot. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 26, 10:09:02
        
        Hopefully the answers will help to save lives in the future (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Mar 26, 02:40:25
  - Very scary.... (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 26, 00:17:36
    - And if that were the case then what a tosser. Just take some pills or something. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 26, 00:18:04
      - surprised the pilots don't have a key to back in (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 26, 00:27:08
        
        I thought that but then... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 26, 00:32:58
        
        Some planes have a keycode (n/m) (General Chat) - RochdaleCanary, Mar 26, 09:19:51
        
        yep (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 26, 00:36:49
        
        Yeah I thought so too. Course you could always incapacitate them. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 26, 00:40:24
        
        Although surely that would be heard on the voice recorder. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 26, 00:41:10
        
        It's a code they have to get back in the cockpit (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 26, 04:08:02

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