When we get on board an aircraft, few of us give a second thought to the mental health of the people in the cockpit. The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 changed that. 150 people, including two Australians, were killed when their Airbus A320 crashed into the French Alps in 2015. Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had long suffered from depression and had reportedly visited more than a dozen different doctors seeking help before he deliberately downed his plane. In this investigation, Alex Cullen reveals it’s not the first time a suicidal pilot has committed mass murder and asks why lessons weren’t learned from previous deliberate crashes. This story originally aired in 2015.
If this story has raised issues for you or you are concerned about someone you know, call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For further information about depression contact Beyond Blue on 1300224636 or talk to your GP, local health professional or someone you trust.
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My condolences to all the families this is why I never will fly
They really need and keypad outside the cockpit door so this situation can be cut back by 60%
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Oh goshhh😢😢. I can imagine the gut feelings of the passengers.😢😢😢😢😢An airpocket can make you wet your pants.
This is why I’m always so sweet and kind to pilots. I hope to god I’m good enough to keep them from doing this (if they want to)
Why not give both captains a key to get inside the cabin in case someone locks the door. This was very preventable 😢
You can be depressed without being homicidal or suicidal. The people who do this are just assholes
this must have likely been the case for flight MH370
19 Desember 1997 SilkAir crash river Musi Palembang
When this happens we need a system in place where the plane can be controlled by the air traffic controllers or something like that. It's the computer age after all.
Once a pilot as depresion he should never be aloud to fly a plane again. it a high risk and this is not the first time this as happen and it will happen again.
Us truckers deal with nuts putting their cars in.our paths to end their lives but what about my life do I not mean anything?
Lol they used the theme from The last of us!
“Mental health” not terrorist? Malaysian pilot was labeled a “potential Terrorist” even though the wreck was never found!
There’sa narrative loaded in every news report’
Bias BS-MEDIA!
I could NEVER be a Pilot even though I have good Vision ! I like to smoke my Strong Weed everyday but thank god I just have a Driving Job ! I couldn’t smoke weed every other day if I was a Pilot lol.
That would be funny if a Pilot Smoked a bunch of Weed before takeoff !
I watched pilots lock out other pilots. Do they not have keys to the cockpit?
That lady's opening statement is wrong that should be one of the most important things to think of
I've flown from Brisbane to California many times. And flown all over America with no issues.
I can't begin to imagine the horror of flying 1200 km/h upside down and straight down 35,000 feet
9:53 that sigh he does as if to
say”here we go”
A selfish pig!
Absolutely evil, so so so selfish.
Every profession has people who are evil.
It's unpreventable.
They need to start having actual KEYS to the cockpit door for one… That could help stop this type.. I'm so sick and tired as a person in a highly educated field of psychology to KEEP SCREAMING about so many areas of employment that needs psychological tests EVERY 6MTHS!!
I’ve always been an anxious flyer – except during my own flying lessons – but I literally comforted myself with the certainty that the pilots want to get home to their families like my adoptive grandpa did.
I don’t fly much anymore because the airlines are corrupt and the stress levels are just too high —— I will be getting my own private license though because I do love being up there.
that guy looks like Thor
They are playing “the last of us” music background…….
“The last of us” Is an incredible video game
I don't see much recognition of which pilot of the Chinese passenger jet actually flew the plane into the ground. Why is that? Clearly it was the copilot. He was by a huge number of hours the pilot in the cockpit with the most hours and the most likely to have a death wish (doesn't everybody in China?). And It was the one guaranteed way to get out China.
Planes main door should be open by remot control from the control tower, soo no pilot can close himself there and assasinate an entire crew and the decition to open or close the door in a plane hijack should be supervised by the entire control tower not by one pilot. Bro I would even be scared of being a pilot if I have to fly with a crazy dude and I can't even go to the bathroom with out knowing if he is going to close himself in and crash the plane.
im going to crash the plane I better buckle up this might be a rough one. if he turned off the flight deck recorder how would anyone know he told the copilot there is a problem in the galley?
2:36
Is it me or did they use the Title Screen music from "The Last of Us" at this timestamp?
It's about time airline Operator & IATA should MANDATE mental health ( include ethic & moral ) CERTIFICATION on every PILOT for consumer protection
Now it happened AGAIN on the recent Chinese crash
This Peter Macmillan fellow looks like he needs a hug. Hopefully they don't make him look on crashes all day.
Regardless of of how many stringent tests pilots go through you can never know someone's mind entirely
I rarely fly anymore. Not due to the pilots but due to the passengers …. People these days have lost their minds.
The control tower should be able to override the controls in the cockpit via satellite 🛰️ in situations like this.
Eff you, lubitz
You know they have the black box which is actually Orange and all that stuff why don't they have cameras in there so they can see what the pilots are doing who did what and where cameras installed when you have cameras in my Uber why don't you have cameras in a multi-million dollar airplane with dozens of people's lives at stake
There has to be some way to do that where they both have access to it without compromising the security there has to be a way there has to be a way that maybe they can turn off the computer parts or do a remote fly like a drone it turn off their access to the controls there has to be some safety features put in there and the only problem with the planes nowadays is the pilots and the maintenance screws those are White plains crash that's it once you get the human out of there everything's okay we are the ones that f*** everything up
Well Elon musk needs to get busy and get some of us computer operated planes they can do with drones I know this would be a little more difficult but still it's the same fundamentals that way that's never happens you just have to wait for the computer to crash and it'll crash everything I don't think there's any way out of that except to drive which is sounding more and more like an option now the gas is actually coming down a little bit I don't know how you all are doing but gas in my town is $2.50 thank God I was afraid of my gas tank was going to fall out it's never had so much gas in the past 3 years I don't know if it's too rusted but it's hanging in there
Going to come to the point with the only way you trust those pilots is if they have their own children on board
Horrific, God's speed.
Last of the fans where you at ?
Why is turning off the Black Box even an option for airline pilots? Black box information should never be controlled on and off!
Not me looking at this a few days before taking a flight 😅
I stopped watching at the Silk Air amateur conspiracy theory garbage. Condolences to the father, but making up "facts" will not bring the son back.
We need to ban places. Simple solution.
Germanwings, at least they didn't hurt his feelings!
Please make an override key so that if the pilot or flight attendant gets locked out, they can come in still. Prayers for the families and friends of the victims. This is truly sad.
who cares about the 149 people dying, WE HAD 2 AUSTRALIANS IN THE PLANE!!!
😳😲