I’m surprised the article claims there was nothing suspicious about the pilot. I recall that Captain Zaharie Shah had deleted data from his home pc flight simulator that showed a path flying through that same South Indian Ocean.
I hope the plane gets found but we've basically known for a decade what happened. We just need to confirm it.
And that is that upon leaving the airspace of Malaysia into Thailand, the pilot changed course to take the plane over the Indian ocean to commit suicide.
It's likely the pilot depressurized the cabin as hypoxia would've rendered the crew and passengers so they were unliikely conscious for any of this. Whether this happened before or after the course change is unknown.
Given the minimal wreckage, it was likely a soft landing in the ocean rather than the pilot succumbing to a medical event. He almost certainly was conscious up until the ocean landing.
The pilot knew the range and likely chose a part of the Indian Ocean that was remote and deep so the wreckage wouldn't be found as the black boxes would reveal this was intentional and it seemed like he intended his family to get the settlement and life insurance.
It's unclear if the pilot was aware of the pinging that has narrowed down the location.
I am curious, did changes take place due to this event ? Like real-time telemetry for airliners where their location is always available and saved on systems not on the plane.
I remember during the search the commentators said that was not done because Airlines did not want spend for that.
One of the theories is that Shah waited until his co-pilot went to the bathroom, refused to unlock the door from there, and then de-pressurized the cabin so that they all died which left him as the only person alive on-board.
I'm sure there has been a lot of thought put into this locking mechanism so that hijackers can't access the cockpit, but how about the rogue pilot scenario like this one? IIRC, pilots outside can enter a code to unlock the door but it can be rejected by the person inside (so it really only applies if they're incapacitated)
EDIT: it appears some airlines mandate at least two people in the cockpit at all times after the 2015 Germanwings incident.
Simon did an update earlier this year on the Germanwings accident. He states the official report is flawed. It's an interesting read, but also quite sad that such basic questions are not answered and thus far few seem to even care that they get answered.
Nobody seems to have asked the US Navy about the crash. The Indian Ocean is a well-known hangout for boomers, and the USN listening posts should have heard the crash.
The locked cockpit door has been implicated in a number of pilot suicides: German Wings, Egypt Air, MH370 and possibly others.
Then there's Helios that crashed near Athens. The pressurisation failed and the cockpit oxygen cylinder had been left closed. The preflight check of the crew oxygen mask flow had not been done. By the time a cabin crew member with portable oxygen figured out how to get through the door, the fuel was about to run out.
Maybe the crew member could had landed the Helios plane, but by that time everyone on board were already dead. Still, kudos to the guy for fighting tooth and nail till the very end in this impossible situation.
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And that is that upon leaving the airspace of Malaysia into Thailand, the pilot changed course to take the plane over the Indian ocean to commit suicide.
It's likely the pilot depressurized the cabin as hypoxia would've rendered the crew and passengers so they were unliikely conscious for any of this. Whether this happened before or after the course change is unknown.
Given the minimal wreckage, it was likely a soft landing in the ocean rather than the pilot succumbing to a medical event. He almost certainly was conscious up until the ocean landing.
The pilot knew the range and likely chose a part of the Indian Ocean that was remote and deep so the wreckage wouldn't be found as the black boxes would reveal this was intentional and it seemed like he intended his family to get the settlement and life insurance.
It's unclear if the pilot was aware of the pinging that has narrowed down the location.
I am curious, did changes take place due to this event ? Like real-time telemetry for airliners where their location is always available and saved on systems not on the plane.
I remember during the search the commentators said that was not done because Airlines did not want spend for that.
I'm sure there has been a lot of thought put into this locking mechanism so that hijackers can't access the cockpit, but how about the rogue pilot scenario like this one? IIRC, pilots outside can enter a code to unlock the door but it can be rejected by the person inside (so it really only applies if they're incapacitated)
EDIT: it appears some airlines mandate at least two people in the cockpit at all times after the 2015 Germanwings incident.
https://avherald.com/h?article=483a5651/0164&opt=0
Then there's Helios that crashed near Athens. The pressurisation failed and the cockpit oxygen cylinder had been left closed. The preflight check of the crew oxygen mask flow had not been done. By the time a cabin crew member with portable oxygen figured out how to get through the door, the fuel was about to run out.
From Wikipedia:
> Aircraft type Boeing 777-2H6ER
Maybe they shall ask Boeing ?