override as well. there were 22 types of switches within the flight deck that can be used to control the locking mechanism. one is a toggle switch that s on the center pedestal that has normal position lock and override. that override position is really important in the course of this investigation because that disconnects the keypad used by the flight attendant or the other pilot who is outside of the cockpit to gain access into the cockpit if the pilot becomes incapacitated. so it is starting to look like we may have a nefarious scenario here. that would be my leading hypotheticals but we have to keep all options open. all of them. anthony roman, thank you very much. michael goldfarb thank you.
that s where the training comes. obviously, he should be able to get back in the cockpit quickly, ordinarily. i got to tell you, this is so disturbing. last night i couldn t go to sleep. this is a profession to where we expect to be trusted. and to have this happen is really shocking. mr. fithe, what about the toggle switch in the cockpit where the single operator could override the security switch of the door. does that have to be looked at in your opinion? we have to go back and reevaluate. after 9/11 we were concerned about people in the back of the airplane getting o the front of the airplane. we put barriers up. we put in four to five doors. we have two peek in the cockpit, and the real intent of having the second person in the cockpit, one of the flight crew members left was to run intervene or run intervention if somebody were to gain access to the cockpit. they would have to go to them
a special door but they can enter a code on a key pad outside the flight deck, outside the cabin door. airbus released a video showing how it all works. take a look. on the code pad she enters the emergency code then presses the hash key. this triggers the timer for 30 seconds. the green on the code pad indicates imit in unlock. in the cockpit the buzzer sound continue obviously and the open flight flashes indicating unlocking. here s the thing. anyone inside the cockpit can flip a toggle switch and override that system. the captain moves the toggle switch to the lock position. the open light remains extinguished. i if you look at the code pad the red light is lit confirming the door is locked. be careful automatic door openings, the code pad and the buzzer are inhibited for five minutes. airline executives say it is not clear whether copilot did
door which i know as a pilot the captain would only start banging when he was really, really panicked because he couldn t want to panic the passengers. we re looking at the fact the copilot put this plane into a dive, a descent, a controlled descent really. didn t respond when the captain was trying to get into the cockpit. the fact that these types of doors typically have toggle switch where it is locked from inside of the cockpit where there is no way from someone outside of the cockpit to get inside, bill. bill: lea sounds like you re questioning intent yourself? sounds if you re questioning motive and perhaps what the french prosecutor revealed a few hours ago. do i hear that right? bill last night we found out that the captain was locked outside of the cockpit, i thought this increases the chances something devious happens here. tough really start looking at that however we don t have all the information now. i think that is why lufthansa s chief executive was so shocked by the
that and come in. i think that picture is on the upper left where it says cockpit. there s kind of a toggle switch there on the upper left. this has been modified because the printer was installed in this in the location it normally is. some tweets from people and it s a good question about if the plane is going down over the course of eight minutes and it s a gradual descent and there s a pilot banging on the cockpit door yelling to be let back in what about cell phone calls from passengers at least telling loved ones something is going on? look where it was. it s over the alps. no cell phone towers. you re five miles up to begin with and no cell phone towers that you can get a signal. so of course the passengers would have obviously realized the plane was descending and if this report is true they would have seen the commotion as he was hitting the door and would