Mexico to require two in ****pit after Alps crash

[WorldNews]

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Mexico became the latest country on Monday to require the presence of two airline crew members in ****pits at all times, following the apparently deliberate Germanwings crash by the co-pilot. The transport ministry said it will issue new rules requiring that an authorized and specially-trained crew member stay in the ****pit when one of the pilots needs to get out. "This is a measure to strengthen operational security to guarantee that a person can help the pilot in the ****pit open the door at any time in planes with armored or reinforced ****pits," civil aviation director general Gilberto Lopez told a news conference. When a pilot needs to leave the ****pit, the captain will call in a crew member familiar with how to open or close the door, but that person will not be allowed to sit in the pilot's seat, Lopez said.

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