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Expert: US rules make chances of cockpit takeover slim

U.S. flight regulations make it less likely that a single jetliner pilot could barricade himself or herself inside the cockpit as French prosecutors say the Germanwings copilot did before crashing his airliner into the French Alps, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology aviation analyst said Thursday.

An Airbus A320 flight simulator. U.S. rules mandate two people in a cockpit at all times during commercial flights. The captain of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in the Alps had left the cockpit before the copilot barricaded himself in.
An Airbus A320 flight simulator. U.S. rules mandate two people in a cockpit at all times during commercial flights. The captain of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in the Alps had left the cockpit before the copilot barricaded himself in.Read moreCharlotte Observer
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