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A thing to consider is that if you manage to depressurize the cabin by opening the door or otherwise making a hole, an automated mechanism should open the cockp
by JorgeGT 12y ago
A thing to consider is that if you manage to depressurize the cabin by opening the door or otherwise making a hole, an automated mechanism should open the cockpit door (to prevent the differential pressure from blowing it up / damaging the airframe / destroying the plane).
Then instead of jumping to an almost certain death you and your fellow passengers can storm the cockpit, angrily beat up the murderous co-pilot and let the captain guide the aircraft to safety.
- dkersten 12y agoThen instead of jumping to an almost certain death you and your fellow passengers can storm the cockpit, angrily beat up the murderous co-pilot and let the captain guide the aircraft to safety. According to this article, that is unlikely to succeed: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2015/03/28/germanwings-tragedy-how-to-protect-against-mentally-ill-pilots/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2015/03/28/germanwings-tr...