Depressed people don't kill 260 people. Narcissists do.

The captain knew what he was doing when he shut off the fuel. A horrible human being. A normal suicidally depressed person may off themselves. But only a narcissist takes 259 other people with them. I hope Air India and all airlines test pilots for empathy going forward.

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Anonymous wrote:

Apparently the previous pilot to land this plane at that airport reported a malfunctioning of the fuel switches.

So I'm not going to jump to any murder-suicide conclusions.

+1.Also the Pilots Association has asked to be involved in the inquiry as the report has many loopholes.

There is a significant amount of denialism going on right now. Initially, there was a search for a mechanical cause for the crash because it didn't occur to most people that it could have been intentional. Now that the report has come out showing that it was, many people are trying to explain it away, find some other explanation, any other explanation.

Pilots are revered in most or all cultures, held to incredibly high standards that they nearly all meet. No one wants to contemplate this scenario. Thankfully, pilot suicide is so rare that it can be counted on one or two hands.

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Anonymous wrote:

Apparently the previous pilot to land this plane at that airport reported a malfunctioning of the fuel switches.

So I'm not going to jump to any murder-suicide conclusions.

+1.Also the Pilots Association has asked to be involved in the inquiry as the report has many loopholes.

No, the report is very solid and thorough. And very clear.

Anonymous wrote:

Apparently the previous pilot to land this plane at that airport reported a malfunctioning of the fuel switches.

So I'm not going to jump to any murder-suicide conclusions.

Link?

Anonymous wrote:

Apparently the previous pilot to land this plane at that airport reported a malfunctioning of the fuel switches.

So I'm not going to jump to any murder-suicide conclusions.

+1.Also the Pilots Association has asked to be involved in the inquiry as the report has many loopholes.

Apparently the previous pilot to land this plane at that airport reported a malfunctioning of the fuel switches.

So I'm not going to jump to any murder-suicide conclusions.

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Anonymous wrote:I just read online that one of the pilots actually manually switched it off.

I wonder if this is the same pilot who they found out was depressed.

If he wanted to die why in the world would he think taking other people down with him was even an acceptable idea??

Bold of you to think a depressed person cares about other people ::eyeroll::

You actually are perpetuating a stereotype that when someone is depressed they actually do not care if they hurt other people……or rather that they want to actually hurt other people!!? 👀

Yes we all have heard the common phrase “Hurt people hurt people,” however there are many depressed people who may want to die but not take anyone down along w/ them.
Most people that do commit suicide do not take anyone down w/them just because so your logic is very flawed PP.

I hope it does not come out that the “depressed” pilot shut off the airflow allowing fuel directly to the engines.

Because that would be an awful outcome to all the loved ones of those who sadly ➕ tragically perished on that doomed flight.

It would also likely trigger lawsuits to whoever employed this person if he actually did in fact do this.

Anonymous wrote:I just read online that one of the pilots actually manually switched it off.

I wonder if this is the same pilot who they found out was depressed.

If he wanted to die why in the world would he think taking other people down with him was even an acceptable idea??

The senior pilot was depressed and was the one who cut the fuel to the engines. The junior co-pilot was flying the plane during takeoff and realized what had happened and tried to fix it, restarted the engines, but it was too late and he couldn't save the plane.

Why did the depressed pilot crash the plane, killing himself and hundreds of other people? Because he was depressed and irrational. And did a terrible thing.

Anonymous wrote:I just read online that one of the pilots actually manually switched it off.

I wonder if this is the same pilot who they found out was depressed.

If he wanted to die why in the world would he think taking other people down with him was even an acceptable idea??

Bold of you to think a depressed person cares about other people ::eyeroll::

Anonymous wrote:Impossible. According to all the smartest people here at DCUM, this was all Boeing’s fault.


Where did all those smart people go?

They must be in India reviewing the flight data recorder desperately trying to pin this on Big Airplane.

I just read online that one of the pilots actually manually switched it off.

I wonder if this is the same pilot who they found out was depressed.

If he wanted to die why in the world would he think taking other people down with him was even an acceptable idea??

Impossible. According to all the smartest people here at DCUM, this was all Boeing’s fault.


Where did all those smart people go?

There are rumors that the senior pilot, the one who shut off the engines, was depressed and divorced.

The latest from WSJ: the junior copilot immediately knew what happened and switched the engines back on and was panicking. He knew that the senior pilot had killed him and everyone else on board. He tried to save them but it was impossible.

https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/air-india-crash-senior-pilot-eab72db5?st=7RJoc2&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Seems like its more definite that the captain was the one who turned off the fuel, and the first officer who turned it back on. The first officer was the "pilot in command" for the takeoff, and as such likely had his hands on the yoke as he was the one actively flying the plane. Feels more and more like this was a deliberate act by the captain.