Where does it note that there was not a defect that caused the switches to turn off simultaneously? |
And what will you say when the second 787 goes down the same way? |
It's the same design used on all Boeing aircraft? |
Were the switches flipped to Off before or after takeoff? |
Would a plane be able to take off with the switches off? It seems unlikely. |
After takeoff. |
Not just unlikely. Physically impossible to spin the engines without fuel. |
A defect that would shut off both switches at the exact same time? Not likely. |
They were shut off one after another with a time gap of 0.1 seconds, not simultaneously. |
So we're thinking suicidal pilot? Was there anyone on board whom anyone would have wanted dead and with enough leverage to persuade a pilot to crash the plane? |
They are probably doing deep background checks for everyone on the plane, especially the two pilots. |
I do not understand the cruelty of suicidal pilots. There was a recent article (the Atlantic maybe?) about the Air Malaysia plane that went missing some years ago with over 200 people on board. Bits of debris washed up around Southeast Asia but never found the black box or crash site. The theory in the article was that the pilot was actually suicidal. It is one thing to kill oneself, another to take 200 others with you. Worse than a mass shooter. |
I was transfixed for weeks by the story of the Germanwings copilot who locked the captain out of the cockpit and flew the full aircraft into the side of a mountain in the French alps.
So sad to see another pilot has done a mass murder - suicide. |
Still, my point stands. |
Sorry to be unclear. I was agreeing with you. The evidence points to an intentional manual action. Not a defect in hardware or software. |