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Old 3rd Jun 2010, 06:09
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Curious

Dubai flight was just 2 minutes from crashing into sea - India - The Times of India

In the article above here is an extract

According to sources, the commander realized something was wrong when he returned from the washroom and did not get any response after he pressed the cockpit's door-unlock button (it sets off a chime inside the cockpit and the pilot sitting inside responds by pushing a button which opens the door). By this time the commander also realized that the aircraft was at an unusual pitch attitude (a pitching movement is nose up-nose down motion of an aircraft and a nose-down pitch increases air speed). Sensing danger, the commander punched in the emergency code, which opens the cockpit door, but only after 35 seconds.
I would assume that with this kind of decent the commander would have seen his piss on the roof even before he left the washroom.............
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