A320 Airbus Crashes In The Alps.

"In a blunt admission yesterday, Carsten Spohr, the head of Lufthansa which owns the budget airline, admitted Lubitz had slipped through the safety net with devastating consequences."

They are going to get ripped a new one in court for massive failures under Duty of care to the passengers and Crew even the family of the Pilot who did it have a claim. Lufthansa / Germanwings should never have let him fly.

This sort of case could see the end of Lufthansa.
Lawyers are already saying that compensation will run into 100's of millions
 
I couldn't believe I heard that a Lufthansa spokesman said they didn't need to review their safety policies. I believe it was in relation to how many people should be in the cockpit at any one time. It sounds like they may have the same PR team as BP had a few years back!
 
The two people in the cockpit rule doesn't fix this problem. The pilot flying on take off or landing could always crash the aircraft before the other has time to react. The solution is in selection and screening of current pilots and that will change aviation due to the financial implications. This will cost LH billions and all other airlines millions. Expect fairs to go up and a lot more industrial action in the future.
 
Gelsons Dad said:
The two people in the cockpit rule doesn't fix this problem. The pilot flying on take off or landing could always crash the aircraft before the other has time to react. The solution is in selection and screening of current pilots and that will change aviation due to the financial implications. This will cost LH billions and all other airlines millions. Expect fairs to go up and a lot more industrial action in the future.
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My Mrs tells me when she was flying they always had 2 in the cockpit. Cabin crew would wait in there when the pilot/co-pilot went for a slash.
 
stonerblue said:
Gelsons Dad said:
The two people in the cockpit rule doesn't fix this problem. The pilot flying on take off or landing could always crash the aircraft before the other has time to react. The solution is in selection and screening of current pilots and that will change aviation due to the financial implications. This will cost LH billions and all other airlines millions. Expect fairs to go up and a lot more industrial action in the future.
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My Mrs tells me when she was flying they always had 2 in the cockpit. Cabin crew would wait in there when the pilot/co-pilot went for a slash.
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It was so someone could check who was outside the door before opening it. In Europe all aircraft have to have a video system so the pilot can see without getting out of his seat hence no reason for the FA sit in.
 
A UK-based pilot posted on social media that the best way to honour the memory of his victims is to forget Lubitz and remember the guy who tried to kick his way through a door designed to withstand grenade blasts. His name was Captain Patrick Sondheimer, and he deserves to be remembered.
 
the father of one of the victims made a statement <a class="postlink" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32101305" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32101305</a>

Mr Bramley - whose son was originally from Hull and was studying hotel management in Lucerne, Switzerland - called for airlines to be more transparent, saying pilots should be "looked after properly".

"We put our lives and our children's lives in their hands", he said.

Reading an emotional statement from the French town of Seynes-les-Alpes, close to the crash site, he said what had happened on the day of the tragedy was the act of a "person who at the very least was ill".

But he said the motive or reason for the crash "was not relevant".

"What is relevant, is that it should never happen again; my son and everyone on that plane should not be forgotten, ever," he added.

"I don't want it to be forgotten, ever."
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stonerblue said:
Gelsons Dad said:
The two people in the cockpit rule doesn't fix this problem. The pilot flying on take off or landing could always crash the aircraft before the other has time to react. The solution is in selection and screening of current pilots and that will change aviation due to the financial implications. This will cost LH billions and all other airlines millions. Expect fairs to go up and a lot more industrial action in the future.
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My Mrs tells me when she was flying they always had 2 in the cockpit. Cabin crew would wait in there when the pilot/co-pilot went for a slash.
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She was "the cockpit"..

Sorry, kidding
 
Just seen that they've recovered a mobile with a video apparently showing the last moments from inside the plane.

When you're about to die, why on earth would your first instinct be to film this????

Can't get my head around this
 
Reports that a memory card has been found in the wreckage and it holds a video from inside the cabin of the plane going down.... Horrific
 
Blumers Bloomers said:
Just seen that they've recovered a mobile with a video apparently showing the last moments from inside the plane.

When you're about to die, why on earth would your first instinct be to film this????

Can't get my head around this
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Many people feel that watching it through a screen makes the situation "less real" and easier to cope with. Why at every disaster people will have their phones out.
 
Blumers Bloomers said:
Just seen that they've recovered a mobile with a video apparently showing the last moments from inside the plane.

When you're about to die, why on earth would your first instinct be to film this????

Can't get my head around this
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Perhaps they didn't know they were going to die. Perhaps they thought they were just recording a chance event.
But maybe they did realise they were going to die and wanted to leave some evidence for posterity.
 
Gaylord du Bois said:
Blumers Bloomers said:
Just seen that they've recovered a mobile with a video apparently showing the last moments from inside the plane.

When you're about to die, why on earth would your first instinct be to film this????

Can't get my head around this
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Perhaps they didn't know they were going to die. Perhaps they thought they were just recording a chance event.
But maybe they did realise they were going to die and wanted to leave some evidence for posterity.
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That is all I can fathom too.

They either thought they might surive, or they entered a strange state of mind (it was plummeting for a while I gather) that they thought of switching the video record on their mobile on.
 
Lubitz told Lufthansa years ago that he had treatment for severe depression yet they still let him fly, that's gross negligence
 
Depression mostly doesn't make people fly aeroplanes into mountains at 700kph. In fact with treatment most people get better and harm nobody.
 
johnny on the spot said:
Depression mostly doesn't make people fly aeroplanes into mountains at 700kph. In fact with treatment most people get better and harm nobody.
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Quiet Jots, the media has a new target for its vitriol.
 
tom said:
This crash should be the end of Lufthansa
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Don't be daft. There'll be pilots flying for pretty much every airline in the world that have suffered from depression at one stage or other.
 
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