Heard on the news this morning that support for the death penalty was now below 50%. Which surprised me. I would have said sub 20%

Fuck.

It appears the co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cabin and crashed it. Fucking hell. There are going to be serious ramifications and procedure changes on the back of this I expect.

sorry, I meant that the pilot was a terrorist directly, because surely you'd take it down somewhere populated?

Also, I am hearing rumours that it has been "confirmed" that one of the pilots was attempting to kick the cabin door in. No idea where that information comes from, though.

Cras- that has never ever happened outside of that TV series with the aliens that looked like humans and the disappearing aeroplane.

Pilots 'involved in violent struggle before crash'
The investigation has now turned into a full-blown criminal enquiry today following revelations of a violent struggle on board, reports from France suggest.

Four specialists from Interpol have joined senior French detectives trying to work out why one of the pilots on the plane locked himself into the cockpit on Tuesday morning.

There were two airmen on board and they are said to have been fighting to open and close the cockpit door.

A chair is at one stage used to block the door, as the pilots shouted at each other in German, before the one outside ‘tried to smash the door down’.

The captain of the Airbus A320 had 6000 flying hours, while his co-pilot had just 600 and had only joined Germanwings, the Lufthansa affiliate, in 2013. It is not known which one was locked in the cockpit.

The revelations open up the possibility of a rogue pilot deliberately flying the plane into the French Alps and so murdering everyone on board.

Where'd they get a chair from on a plane, ffs?

Wheelchair? Temporary fold-up stool type thing that gets stowed away during flight?

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Can't tell, right? Could be a guy who is suicidal, could be a guy who got emailed a photo of his wife with a gun to her head and told to crash his plane. Motivation after death is a hell of a difficult thing to figure out.

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I agree that the media is seemingly reticent to call white guys terrorists, but in this case, I'd argue that terrorism always implies political motives. There are no visible political motives here, and if it had been your scenario of the guy being forced to do it surely by now some terrorist group would have claimed responsibility? Otherwise what's the point?

It wouldn't be the first time a pilot decided to kill himself and take a plane full of passengers with him. Trying to ensure it doesn't happen is already an important consideration for airlines.

How, though? You've got to trust the person sat in the chair - unless you're going to let the plane itself overrule them.

You need an armed guard in every cockpit making sure they don't go mentals.

Best arm the first class passengers too, while you're at it.

So... Mrs K and the kids are off to Somerset tomorrow. I'm joining them for the weekend, but I'm coming back Sunday night and they're staying there until next Friday afternoon...

So... Mrs K and the kids are off to Somerset tomorrow. I'm joining them for the weekend, but I'm coming back Sunday night and they're staying there until next Friday afternoon...

Explain to me why I'm not allowed to run and raise money in a race for life 5k?

I don't get why my penis should have anything to do with it.

THE FUCKING DOLT HAS JUST PUT MILK IN MY EARL GREY!

Serves you right for drinking Earl Grey. It tastes like someone boiled the dirty dishwater.

It tastes like someone has dropped perfume into a perfectly good cup of tea.

MISANDRY.

Not sure if your penis is the problem. What are the rules surrounding trans women entering?

Are men not allowed to enter race For life? I did not know that.

Hmmm...

Mimi and Pundy are correct. Early Grey is only drunk by fops, hipsters and sinister old ladies.