https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 10:39:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122935 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:13:41 +0000 Pumuckl 2122935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ninja: As of tomorrow it's supposed to be the standard protocol for all German airlines too. (I'm in Germany too). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122738 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:57:01 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 2122738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, so sad.</p> <p>Agree that suicide is not the appropriate word. Mass murder seems the most appropriate. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122680 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:40:17 +0000 Maysprout 2122680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sad. I'm not buying that it was because he was suicidal, though that may have been part of it, but mass murder is quite different than suicide. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122669 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:32:51 +0000 DillonLion 2122669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BananaPancakes: That's interesting. Thank you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122666 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:31:39 +0000 BananaPancakes 2122666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DillonLion: I've heard that in some suicide situations, once the person makes the decision to end their life, they become very calm/at peace and sometimes quite happy because they can see the end of their own suffering. That's all I can think might have been happening here. Still just a horrible situation for those poor people and families. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122664 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:30:09 +0000 lil owl 2122664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am in Germany right now and everyone is devastated. The passenger list included a German school class and two babies... </p> <p>whats bothering me is that a news reporter asked family and friends of the co pilot about his religious believes and everyone refused to answer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122657 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:27:12 +0000 snowjewelz 2122657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is so messed up. I already hate flying and these days I dread it even more, it's like I can't even get excited about traveling! </p> <p>And I suddenly thought about how awful for the rescue workers in these situations to be finding bodies/limbs... :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122616 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:09:29 +0000 DillonLion 2122616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't understand why his breathing on the recorder sounded steady and calm. That part makes me the most weirded out. Why would he not be breathing heavily from dread/adrenaline? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122614 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:09:09 +0000 HabesBabe 2122614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Greentea: I agree. And the reports that his breathing was "normal" until the end makes it seem to me that he was going to make this happen, no matter what. If it wasn't this flight, it would've been the nest.</p> <p>I think that having 2 people in the cockpit (a flight attendant to relieve a pilot) is totally necessary and should be standard, but having a finger print scan to override the lock should not be. Those doors need to be tamper-proof and shouldn't have any sort of override to let anyone in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122604 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:05:00 +0000 Greentea 2122604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hm. Suicide is one thing but you would have to be in a *really* messed up mental space to do such a large-scale murder suicide like this (?) </p> <p>Scary and tragic! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122490 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:58:01 +0000 mrswin 2122490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ninja: This is only standard protocol in the US/Canada since 9/11 as @bluestriped bee: mentioned but it is not in Europe according to the articles I read this morning</p> <p>ETA: apparently there is a mechanism where if an emergency code punched in requesting access to the cockpit the pilot can allow the door to be opened BUT if the pilot refuses entry then the door is automatically locked for 5 minutes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122459 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:43:34 +0000 Mama Bird 2122459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just :crying: it's bad enough if it had been an accident, but that the pilot would do it on purpose... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122453 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:37:15 +0000 BSB 2122453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Eeek! I'm sure I would, too. Just know that there are thousands of planes and people flying each day. Your odds are low to be involved in something like this. I'm sure you'll have an uneventful flight. Hoping you have a safe flight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122443 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:31:09 +0000 Anagram 2122443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a flight tonight and am having anxiety about it now. =/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122433 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:25:51 +0000 Anagram 2122433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: unlocked the door---or maybe it would just be less of an option for a person who's suicidal to also take down an entire airplane of innocent people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122421 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:20:14 +0000 BSB 2122421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ninja: I read that the US adapted that rule after 9/11, but that they aren't sure if many European countries have done the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122417 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:19:08 +0000 BSB 2122417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: I read the newspaper today and they said in the US, they do the body switch, but I wonder what would a flight attendant have done? Slowed him down, unlocked the door. Though, it's better than nothing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122415 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:17:31 +0000 ninja 2122415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: the flight attendant standing in the cockpit until the other pilot returns is standard protocol, at least in the US. Not sure why this was not followed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122409 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:15:11 +0000 yoursilverlining 2122409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: I think so (?) All I’ve read is that he wasn’t on any terrorist watch lists so they are thinking suicide. But I cannot fathom being “ok” with killing 150 people on your way out. </p> <p>@Anagram: Totally agree. And what’s mind-boggling too is that there is no way to activate a distress call, except from inside the cockpit. So, the crew and pilot were unable to send out a distress signal (probably unlikely that it would have changed things, but still). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122402 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:12:44 +0000 Anagram 2122402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is why they need a safety measure OTHER than a reinforced locked cabin door, where no one can get in if it's locked. Fingerprint screens to open the doors, or a body switch if a pilot has to go to the bathroom (like, when 1 pilot leaves, a Flight Attendant has to enter to cockpit and stay there until the pilot comes back).</p> <p>There should never, ever be just 1 pilot in the cockpit when the doors are now reinforced--even if the guy had had a sudden heart attack--the other pilot is totally locked out and can't do anything.</p> <p>It's terrifying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122380 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:59:40 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2122380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: are they saying it was "just" suicide now? </p> <p>This is beyond sad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122367 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:50:03 +0000 mrswin 2122367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is such a tragedy and reading about the pilot trying to re-enter the cockpit and the co-pilot ignoring the requests is terrifying....I'm sure there will be more terrible details released in the days to come :crying: I hope the families of all the passengers eventually find peace </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122356 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:45:07 +0000 coopsmama 2122356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unbelievable. The ultimate selfish act. Praying for the families of those who were lost. I can't fathom how hard this must be for them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122352 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:42:20 +0000 yoursilverlining 2122352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been following this story all morning and just cannot wrap my mind around it. I totally understand being suicidal, but how can you also take out 150 people with you? So selfish. Horrific. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122348 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:40:35 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2122348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg! My BIL and I were just talking about how weird it was that there was no distress call. I never would have guessed this. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122343 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:38:11 +0000 HTownMom 2122343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is just awful. I feel so bad for the passengers. Just so tragic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122339 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:35:39 +0000 lamariniere 2122339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kind of had a panic attack reading about this. It's such a nightmare, I am so sad for everyone involved. :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122338 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:34:25 +0000 blackbird 2122338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Holy crap. I've been following along thinking it was a technical problem, but geez. suicide?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122334 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:32:23 +0000 Adira 2122334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't even... :crying: My heart goes out to the passengers and crew and all of their family and friends. &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/germanwings-airplane-crash#post-2122324 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:24:46 +0000 BSB 2122324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's so sad that the co-pilot intentionally grounded the plane. So sad. :crying: </p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32063587" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32063587</a> </p>