At 09:33 31 March 2015, Don Johnstone wrote:
At 17:44 30 March 2015, Mike Schumann wrote:


There have been 3 fatal airline accidents in the last 17 months tha
appear
to be the result of pilot suicides. How many hijackings have there
been?

There is no evidence as yet to prove, beyond reasonable doubt that
th
above statement is at all true.
In the case of MH370 there is very little evidence to support any
cause
The fact that the aircraft appeared to continue at altitude, in the
wron
direction for a long time would seem to indicate that the crew wa
incapacitated or dead. The most likely cause of that would have to
be lac
of Oxygen. The circumstances would also tend to show that the
passenger
suffered the same fate as the crew. There is little or no evidence
that th
cause of the disappearance was a deliberate act.
The same applies to the current case. There is evidence to show
that th
co-pilot did some very strange things, took actions which were
unexpected
There is no evidence to show that he did this "deliberately". We are
in
position where we think we know but really we do not.
We do however know that terrorists gained access to the cockpits o
airliners and deliberately crashed them into buildings, do you
remembe
that Mike? In those cases we know what happened because there is
evidenc
which confirms it.
As with all air accidents the conspiracy nuts and speculators are i
hyperdrive. Until we know for certain what occurred it would be
stupid t
reverse an action which we know prevents a known threat. If it is
show
that pilot suicide is a greater threat than terrorists taking over a
aircraft then that will be the time to consider making changes.

Are you suggesting that the Malaysian and German investigators are
conspiracy nuts, Don?