Lindsay Bramley

Since yesterday I’ve been grilling my husband about the Flydubai incident. He’s a commercial pilot. I threw every conspiracy at him until he snapped. His exact words: “People already calling this fake is insane.” So here’s what he said about the three dumbest theories. 1- “How did anyone get into the cockpit? The door locks from the inside.” There’s a door-release switch right next to the pilot. He can unlock it from the flight deck. Once it’s released, people on the other side can shove it open and get in. Locked does not mean sealed forever. 2- “Why didn’t the oxygen masks drop?” This isn’t a movie. Masks don’t fall because something scary happened. They deploy only if cabin pressure drops. A steep descent, even a violent one, does not automatically dump cabin pressure. No pressure loss, no masks. Simple as that. 3-“How did people reach the cockpit if the plane was nose-diving?” “Nose dive” does not mean the jet was vertical. It was pitched down, not at 90 degrees. That attitude doesn’t pin you in your seat. It throws you forward, toward the cockpit. If you get up, you’re not fighting the dive. You’re being shoved down the aisle faster. That’s it. Not a film. Not a hoax script. Just how the airplane actually works.