re: Germanwings Crash: One Pilot locked out of cockpit at time of crash

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The sound of the door opening is easy to hear in a flight recorder not to mention one pilot probably said "you have control" and said he had to run to the bathroom. You don't just get up and leave the cockpit silently.

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If this was a suicide or whatever, how did the pilot know the copilot was going to need to take a leak? He could very well have gone before takeoff and not need to go again. It wasn't that long a flight. I'm leaning slightly toward some kind of medical emergency at this point.

Also, a talking head on one of the cable shows tonight said there are alternate ways of getting into a locked cockpit. He didn't go into it, apparently it's a closely held secret. Just throwing it out there.

And this is just one report. Lufthansa has said they don't know anything about it. Tomorrow it could turn out to be a red herring.