There some few cases that highlight the queer nature of humans to commit suicide, for instance, “Suicide by pilot” events. Suicide by a pilot is an event when pilot tenaciously crashes or attempts to crash an aircraft, just to kill himself. Suicide by a pilot is a tough situation to prove. More than fifteen cases were proved as Suicide by Pilot from 1976 to 2015. Few of them were equal to ‘massive murdering’.
Flight 350 was leaving from Fukuoka to reach Tokyo. This was the first crash of the 1980s and 24 passengers died out of 166.
Though its captain Seiji Katagiri deliberately crashed the plane by throwing two of the four engines into reverse, he, however, survived and was the first one to catch the rescue boat. Despite the best efforts by the First Officer and Flight Engineer to regain control, it crashed into the sea, 980 feet short of the runway of the Haneda Airport.
A later investigation stated that Katagiri was suffering from schizophrenia.
RAM or Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 was scheduled from Agadir to Casablanca with 44 passengers. All the passengers including the crew members died in this crash. This flight carried a Kuwaiti prince, his wife, Italians, American, Dutch and other Kuwaitis too.
The 32-year-old pilot Younes Khayati intentionally disconnected the autopilot and entered the aircraft into steep dive somewhere in the Atlas Mountains just after ten minutes from the takeoff. At the height of 16000 feet, pilot straight way crashed the plane into the mountains.
There was even a message from the co-pilot, “Help, help..! The Captain is…”, before the crash. The captain was rumored to be heart-broken at that time.
SilkAir Flight MI 185 was leaving from Jakarta to reach Singapore but instead landed into the Musi River and killed 104 people instantly. This mystery still continues to baffle today as the sudden disappearance of the pilot for a drink and failure of the flight recorders point to something else.
The reports by Indonesian government stated the crash was an accident but the U.S. NTSB reported that the Captain Tsu Way Ming of this flight deliberately manipulated the flight controls for a suicidal nosedive into the Atlas Mountains.
It was found that Tsu was completely broke and had arranged for an insurance policy from having to pay half of the home mortgage in the event of his death. And it was no surprise that this insurance came into effect on December 19, 1997, the day of the crash.
EgyptAir Flight 990 was one of those air crashes that had killed more than 200 passengers (217 to be precise). No other air crashes till today (except Malaysia Airlines Flight 370) was such a big devastation.
The government of Egypt and the USA is still unclear on what exactly happened in EgyptAir Flight 990 when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Leaving from Los Angeles to reach Cairo, the flight had 203 passengers and 14 crew members.
Both the government did their investigations and had different opinions, though the “Suicide by pilot” was the official report.
Another close report which was never published officially framed Gameel Al-Batouti, relief First Officer as a man of allegations for sexual misconducts. Hatem Rushdy, captain of flight 990 and Batauti was not on good terms. The last words exchanged between them were something like “this is your last flight”.
All 33 people on board on the Mozambique Airlines Flight died due to the air crash. Captain of the flight named Herminio dos Santos Fernandes had locked himself in the cockpit.
He manually changed altitudes three times to order a descent to the ground and ignored all aural warnings. The flight that was to take passengers from Maputo to Luanda but got them crashed into the Bwabwata National Park in Namibia.
No official reports stated as to what was the reason behind the Captain’s suicide but many unverified rumors suggested that he had marital problems and his son died recently.
After many investigations, a final report by French BEA was published recently in March 2016 that Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed near Prads-Haute-Belone, France was due to “Suicide by Pilot” event.
The flight departed from Barcelona with 150 people on board and was crashed into a mountain by its co-pilot named Andreas Lubitz, killing all the people.
Lubitz locked the cockpit and made several adjustments to the selected descent speed. He never responded alert calls from air traffic control nor allowed the captain to enter the cockpit. Lubitz was suffering from a psychosomatic disorder.
1. Japan Airline Flight 350, February 1982
Though its captain Seiji Katagiri deliberately crashed the plane by throwing two of the four engines into reverse, he, however, survived and was the first one to catch the rescue boat. Despite the best efforts by the First Officer and Flight Engineer to regain control, it crashed into the sea, 980 feet short of the runway of the Haneda Airport.
A later investigation stated that Katagiri was suffering from schizophrenia.
2. Royal Air Maroc Flight 630, August 1994
The 32-year-old pilot Younes Khayati intentionally disconnected the autopilot and entered the aircraft into steep dive somewhere in the Atlas Mountains just after ten minutes from the takeoff. At the height of 16000 feet, pilot straight way crashed the plane into the mountains.
There was even a message from the co-pilot, “Help, help..! The Captain is…”, before the crash. The captain was rumored to be heart-broken at that time.
3. SilkAir Flight MI 185, December 1997
The reports by Indonesian government stated the crash was an accident but the U.S. NTSB reported that the Captain Tsu Way Ming of this flight deliberately manipulated the flight controls for a suicidal nosedive into the Atlas Mountains.
It was found that Tsu was completely broke and had arranged for an insurance policy from having to pay half of the home mortgage in the event of his death. And it was no surprise that this insurance came into effect on December 19, 1997, the day of the crash.
4. EgyptAir flight 990, October 1999
The government of Egypt and the USA is still unclear on what exactly happened in EgyptAir Flight 990 when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Leaving from Los Angeles to reach Cairo, the flight had 203 passengers and 14 crew members.
Both the government did their investigations and had different opinions, though the “Suicide by pilot” was the official report.
Another close report which was never published officially framed Gameel Al-Batouti, relief First Officer as a man of allegations for sexual misconducts. Hatem Rushdy, captain of flight 990 and Batauti was not on good terms. The last words exchanged between them were something like “this is your last flight”.
5. LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470, November 2013
He manually changed altitudes three times to order a descent to the ground and ignored all aural warnings. The flight that was to take passengers from Maputo to Luanda but got them crashed into the Bwabwata National Park in Namibia.
No official reports stated as to what was the reason behind the Captain’s suicide but many unverified rumors suggested that he had marital problems and his son died recently.
6. Germanwings Flight 9525, March 2015
The flight departed from Barcelona with 150 people on board and was crashed into a mountain by its co-pilot named Andreas Lubitz, killing all the people.
Lubitz locked the cockpit and made several adjustments to the selected descent speed. He never responded alert calls from air traffic control nor allowed the captain to enter the cockpit. Lubitz was suffering from a psychosomatic disorder.
