Airlines are toughening up cockpit rules after French prosecutors accused the co-pilot of the Germanwings airliner that crashed in the Alps of wanting to “destroy the plane” when he was left alone on the flightdeck.
EasyJet, Norwegian, Monarch, Emirates and Air Canada were among those who introduced new procedures to require two people in the cockpit at all times. EasyJet said it had taken the decision after consultation with the UK’s civil Aviation Authority.
The CAA has written to all UK carriers to ask what procedures they have in place for when one of the pilots leaves the flightdeck.
Richard Taylor, CAA spokesman, said it was “very possible” that airlines could soon be required to have a member of the cabin crew stay in the cockpit if a pilot left for a break, as is the norm in the US.
The pre-emptive moves by the world’s airlines come as public concern over aviation safety mounts in the wake of the Germanwings crash, which killed all 150 people on board.
Brice Robin, the Marseille prosecutor, said that based on the cockpit voice recordings there was no explanation for why the co-pilot — whom he named as German national Andreas Lubitz, 27 — behaved as he did.
“He pressed this button [to begin the descent] for a reason we still don’t know why,” Mr Robin said. “All we hear is his breathing and it is normal breathing. He didn’t say a single word after the pilot left the cockpit.”
“When you have 150 people with you, I wouldn’t call it a suicide. That is why I am not using this word,” he told a press conference.
Mr Robin said the passengers were probably not aware of what was going on during the eight-minute descent until shortly before the impact, at which point the Airbus A320 was travelling at 700kph (435mph).
“On the recording you only hear the screams in the last moments,” he said. “The Airbus A320 is rather a big plane. The passengers aren’t next to where the cockpit is, so we only hear screams at the very end. Death was instant.”
Thomas de Maizière, Germany’s interior minister, said that Lubitz had no known links to terrorism. Speaking to reporters in Berlin, Mr de Maizière said: “There is no evidence of any kind of terrorist background. We checked everything.”
Carsten Spohr, chief executive of Germanwings’ parent company Lufthansa, said there was nothing in the record of Mr Lubitz, who started working for the airline as a flight attendant, to raise concern.
“He was fit for flying without any restrictions,” Mr Spohr he told a press conference. “His performance was without criticism. Nothing was striking.”
法國審查構造對墜毀於阿爾卑斯山區的德國之翼(Germanwings)客機的副駕駛提出控告，稱當他獨自留在駕駛艙時想要“搗毀這架飛機”，隨後各家航空公司紛紜修正駕駛艙規矩，使其更加嚴厲。
易捷航空(easyJet)、挪威航空(Norwegian)、君主航空(Monarch)、阿聯酋航空(Emirates)和加拿大航空(Air Canada)都出台了新規程，請求駕駛艙內任什麽時候間都要有兩人在場。易捷航空表現在咨詢英公民航治理局(Civil Aviation Authority，簡稱：CAA)後，作出了這一決議。
英公民航治理局已致函英國全部航空公司，訊問當一位飛翔員分開駕駛艙時，它們有何操縱規程。
英公民航治理局談話人理查德•泰勒(Richard Taylor)表現，航空公司“異常大概”很快就會收到敕令，請求當一位飛翔員分開駕駛艙去歇息時，必需有一位乘務員留在駕駛艙裏，這在美國已經是慣例。
德國之翼客機墜毀變亂產生後，"大眾,"對航空平安的存眷劇增，這些航空公司爭先采用了行為。這次墜機造成機上150人全體罹難。
法國審查官布裏塞•羅班(Brice Robin)表現，依據駕駛艙語音記載沒法說明副駕駛的行動。這名副駕駛名為安德烈亞斯•盧比茨(Andreas Lubitz)，德國人，本年27歲。
羅班說：“他按下按鈕(讓飛機開端降低)，咱們仍不曉得緣故原由為什麽。咱們只聽到他的呼吸聲，他的呼吸很正常。另外一個飛翔員分開駕駛艙後他沒說一個字。”
羅班在記者會上說：“當連你在內一共有150人時，我不會稱之為自盡。這便是為何我不消這個詞。”
羅班表現，在飛機降低的8分鐘裏搭客們大概不曉得產生了甚麽事，他們大概直到飛機撞山前一刻才意想到這一慘劇，此時這排擠客A320的飛翔速率為700公裏/時(435英裏/時)。
他說：“在灌音裏，只有在末了時候才聽到尖啼聲。這排擠客A320是一架相稱大的飛機。搭客坐位不挨著駕駛艙，是以咱們只在慘劇將近產生的那一刻才聽到慘啼聲，機上職員剎時罹難。”
德海內政部長托馬斯•德•邁齊埃(Thomas de Maizière)表現，盧比茨與恐懼主義不存在已知接洽。德•邁齊埃在柏林對記者表現：“沒有證據註解這次變亂存在任何恐懼主義配景。咱們查詢拜訪了統統。”
德國之翼的母公司漢莎航空(Lufthansa)的首席履行官卡斯滕•施波爾(Carsten Spohr)表現，盧比茨沒有任何值得存眷的非常記載，他是從這家航空公司的乘務員開端做起的。
施波爾在記者會上說：“盧比茨合適全部飛翔，毫無限定。他的過往表示無可抉剔，沒甚麽驚人之舉。”
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