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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 2727737" data-attributes="member: 1132">Unintended consequences. Post 9/11, all cockpit doors were reinforced, which made the "crew key" to the door obsolete. The protocol is for the cockpit crewmember leaving the cockpit to use the peephole and/or cabin crew to ensure no one is near the door upon exit, then the other cockpit crewmember relocks it after them. Works fine, except... something happens to the remaining pilot and there's not much that can be done. Now you could surmise the co-pilot might've suffered a medical emergency, but that wouldn't explaing disengaging the autopilot in mid-flight. So most likely it was homicide/suicide by pilot. <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>