That’s Odd
The BBC is reporting on the Germanwings Alps crash and some interesting information has been revealed today.
The voice recorder has been located. Although it is battered, the investigators say they can retrieve the data. An unidentified investigator said that it sounds like one of the two pilots was locked out of the cockpit and trying to get in.
The aircraft had climbed to its cruise altitude of 38,000 feet, but began descending rapidly without reporting anything to air traffic control. Radar lost the aircraft at 6,800 feet at about 10 minutes into the descent.
There is also a report that the aircraft flew into the mountain, rather than falling. If there had been an airborne explosion it would have fallen.
They haven’t located the second box, the flight data recorder.
Update: The BBC is reporting that the French prosecutor is now saying that the co-pilot ‘wanted to destroy plane’. This opinion is based on information from the voice recorder and the necessary control changes required to descend and fly into the ground.
March 25, 2015 2 Comments
