At 10:11 31 March 2015, John Galloway wrote:
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?

Absolutely not John, in fact the contrary. They know more than us. All we
have are a lot of "facts" which may or may not have been invented by the
media. The investigators have released some "facts" but no conclusions. The
"facts" that we have may be related or not, even if they exist, but even if
they are indeed facts they are not sufficient to support any definite
conclusion. As far as I am aware the investigators in both cases have not
reached any conclusion. The media have, but their priority is increasing
their profits, not ascertaining the truth. The conclusions being bandied
about at present are formulated by journalists who are well known for not
letting the truth get in the way of a good story, which feeds the
conspiracy nuts and speculators, which gives the journalists more to write
about, which feeds ............ ad nauseum.