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Following the Germanwings Flight 9525 tragedy last week — which saw 144 passengers and six crew members perish when it crashed in the French Alps — Jetstar Asia has enacted a requirement for two authorized operating crew in their cockpits at all times.
The Germanwings tragedy occurred last week during a scheduled passenger flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. French and German investigators believe that the crash was intentionally caused by co-pilot Andreas Lubitz as investigations revealed that he had been hiding his mental illness from his employees. Allegedly, Lubitz locked the captain out of the cockpit before initiating a descent, causing the plane to crash into a mountain.
In response to the incident, several other aviation authorities and airlines have also revised their cockpit protocols that require two authorized personnel to be present in the cockpit at all times. Singapore Airlines mentioned that they already have strict, multi-layered systems in place to protect the cockpit.
According to TODAY, Jetstar Asia's new regulation requires an operating crew member to enter the flight deck should a pilot leave the cockpit for any reason, and will have to remain on the flight deck until the pilot returns.
Photo: Aero Icarus via Flickr
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Following the Germanwings Flight 9525 tragedy last week — which saw 144 passengers and six crew members perish when it crashed in the French Alps — Jetstar Asia has enacted a requirement for two authorized operating crew in their cockpits at all times.
The Germanwings tragedy occurred last week during a scheduled passenger flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. French and German investigators believe that the crash was intentionally caused by co-pilot Andreas Lubitz as investigations revealed that he had been hiding his mental illness from his employees. Allegedly, Lubitz locked the captain out of the cockpit before initiating a descent, causing the plane to crash into a mountain.
In response to the incident, several other aviation authorities and airlines have also revised their cockpit protocols that require two authorized personnel to be present in the cockpit at all times. Singapore Airlines mentioned that they already have strict, multi-layered systems in place to protect the cockpit.
According to TODAY, Jetstar Asia's new regulation requires an operating crew member to enter the flight deck should a pilot leave the cockpit for any reason, and will have to remain on the flight deck until the pilot returns.
Photo: Aero Icarus via Flickr