FlyDubai incident 30/9

[futaris]

‘Hero’ captain in bloody struggle on terror flight trained in NZ

Israeli media, citing security officials, said the incident stemmed from a feud between the plane’s two pilots, and everyone on board was safe.

www.stuff.co.nz

One of the most thorough news articles on this.

 

[Daver6]

How did the rogue pilot get a pocketknife on board in the first place?

Precisely what I was wondering. Is there ordinarily some tools in the coughpit that could have been used as a weapon perhaps?

 

[Quickstatus]

AI suggests that a small axe is kept inside the flight deck

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Now that 2nd door between the cabin and the galley area they are making a requirement in the US - how would that have affected this? It might have prevented the backup crew and passengers from saving the day had it been locked at that moment.

 

[Quickstatus]

how would that have affected this?

isn't that cabin crew controlled?

 

[Quickstatus]

It might be of use where both pilots were incapacitated, but not of use where one pilot is acting deliberately.

Ah yes, I think that's what happened in the Germanwings.

One pilot in cabin trying to get back in. Pushed the code. Wait out the delay but the rogue pilot in the flight deck kept cancelling it.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Now that 2nd door between the cabin and the galley area they are making a requirement in the US - how would that have affected this? It might have prevented the backup crew and passengers from saving the day had it been locked at that moment.

The second door is for when a pilot leaves the flight deck. So in this instance it will likely not have been deployed.

It is possible however that on hearing a commotion, and attempting to enter the flight deck themselves, cabin crew may lock such a door to prevent passenger access. That would have been detrimental in this case, preventing assistance reaching the controls.