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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Cockerpunk, I'm afraid your enthusiasm is getting ahead of your aviation knowledge. Even simple systems like cockpit lighting are certified by the FAA and have multiple redundancies, including built in map lights and flashlights. The odds of a failure(s) taking out the crew and passengers before they could transmit a single communication yet allowing the airplane to fly on autopilot until fuel is extinguished is beyond improbable. Considering the documented instability of the pilot, at this point I think pilot suicide is a far more likely option.
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again, any technical failure ... is going to be of a system that has multiple redundancies.
thats just the nature of aircraft accidents. they are so safe, so when something does fail, and fail enough to bring a plane down ... its going to be because redundancies failed. and, guess what, in looking back at the history of aviation accidents, thats exactly what happens.
pilot suicide is certainly an option, one i have explicitly suggested as well. however, massive conspiracy to seal an plane, is not.