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Old 22nd Mar 2014, 22:23
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Ngineer
 
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If both pilots became disabled, and unable to respond to calls from the cabin crew, would the cabin crew have any means to open the inviolate cockpit door
Still doesn't explain why ATC & ACARS were disabled.

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Originally Posted by Hunter58
All you need is a Li-io based fire to burn the cables to the transponder and VHF3 antenna. Both go dead. And you certainly get some nice hotspot that potentially could burn a small hole into the fuselage.
He would have detected the fire before ATC and ACARS was lost and would not have flown 8 hours after.

One thing I am learning fast reading posts on this unfortunate circumstance, that is there is more than just a few crazy people flying planes these days.
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