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A Dutch pilot issued a chilling warning of the risks of being locked out of the cockpit weeks before the Germanwings crash, saying: “I seriously wonder who’s sitting next to me”, it has emerged. “I hope I never find myself in the situation where I go to the toilet and return to find a cockpit...

If you think about it it's far too early actually to say what happened. Investigations into things like this take months, and many unexpected things can come up. The Co-Pilot has been found guilty of mass murder in the media, and to be fair I don't think we know enough to say that for sure at...

I'm a little surprised that they haven't released details about who the pilots were yet.

It is being said that the decent was too controlled, and that the other pilot would have been able to gain entry if his co-pilot was unconscious.

I think you are right, it's in case the other pilot is under duress.

Yes the idea is that all eventualities are covered. I'm sad to say that as much as this could have been a depressed pilot, it could also have been an act of suicide terrorism. Either way it must make things even more difficult for the families now realizing it probably wasn't an accident. :(

The suggestion is that if the pilot in the cockpit was incapacitated then someone could enter using a key code. But if the pilot in the cockpit was conscious, then he would have the ability, if he wanted, to override the key code and refuse entry. Doesn't look good.