alone at that time. let s say that pilot had an aneurysm, passed out for some reason, had a heart attack, the way you understand the controls of this type of aircraft and the way we we seem to indicate that this plane crashed, could this plane crash this way without somebody trying to crash it this way? well, you know, all of that s going to come out, rachel, once we have the information on the flight data recorder. but if we had these answers, these questions unanswered, the way to answer these questions is with cameras in the cockpit. and that s why it s so important that the pilots unions let their opposition to the cameras in the cockpit be stepped down in favor of the safety of the traveling public. jim hall, former ntsb chairman, thank you for talking with us tonight, sir. i really appreciate your input here. glad to do it. we will have more tonight on
public. jim hall former ntsb chairman, thank you for talking with us tonight, sir. i really appreciate your input here. glad to do it. we will have more tonight on this breaking news this new york times report that one of the pilots of the crashed germanwings flight may have been locked out of the cockpit before that plane crashed. that indication tonight according to the times from an official who has heard the cockpit voice recording. it has not been confirmed by officials in france. the aviation authorities looking into this. it s also not been confirmed by nbc news at this point. that provocative report from the new york times suggesting that one of the pilots was desperately trying to get back into the cockpit pounding on that door while whoever was left in the cockpit left in there at the time the plane crashed. jack s heart attack didn t come with a warning. today, his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you ve had a h
way you understand the controls of this type of aircraft, and the way we we seem to indicate that this plane crashed, could this plane crash this way without somebody trying to crash it this way? well, you know, all of that s going to come out, rachel, once we have the information on the flight data recorder. but if we had these answers, these questions unanswered, the way to answer these questions is with cameras in the cockpit. and that s why it s so important that the pilot unions let their opposition to the cameras in the cockpit be stepped down in favor of the safety of the traveling public. jim hall, former ntsb chairman, thank you for talking with us tonight, sir. i really appreciate your input here. glad to do it. we will have more tonight on this breaking news, this new york times report that one of the pilots of the crashed germanwings flight may have been
joining us tonight. my pleasure. joining me now, barbara pearson who has covered the aviation for 20 years and jim hall, former ntsb chairman. jim hall, new information is indicating that it looks like there were separate shutoffs of different monitors in the plane, meaning there wasn t just one big colossal event that stopped all of the electronics working. yes. and i think the only thing, lawrence, that we probably do know is that there are probably many, many more days left before we re going to hopefully find where this aircraft is located. and as you know, it s a race against time now because of the life of the emergency location transmitter s battery. and so there s going to be a lot of resources expended and i hope
pressurization. so an explosion? no. that depressurization could be a subtle incapacitation because the crew did not activate the cabin ceiling. the aircraft rose and the cabin rose with the aircraft. remember the golfer? that is what happened to him. kyle, you are saying terror. my gut feeling right now is it is terror. of course, there could be a one in a million chance something else. a long shot. something bad happened. jim hall, former ntsb chairman, you are on the phone. thank you so much. you have the ntsb fellows headed there along with the fbi, how unusual is it for the fbi to go with the ntsb for an accident investigation sth. it is not unusual at all. in fact, it s rather common