WOW..didn't realize that. He was a retired commercial pilot. Do those guys>
train in altitude chambers..I bet military pilots do... I think we can rule out eokhokie's question about did someone do something bad on the plane. Grandma, 2 year-old, and nanny?? Long odds they were causing trouble. He also mentioned alcohol. This was the guys personal pilot. Any pilot I've ever known is adamant about drinking and flying.. be hard for a personal pilot to hide it (harder than commercial IMO). That size Cessna jet is not required to have a black box, but could have....Heard autopilot would likely have been programmed to Long Island and back to TN where it came from. THAT would explain the uturn and flight back from whence it came (but doesn't explain how it made a straight line over DC into restricted air space.
All very sad, and strange! Many questions
Thread Replies (14)
And here is some good info on what may have happened
-- RJHokie
Jun 05, 2023 at 06:26 PM ET
RJHokie
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06/05/23 06:26 PM ET
Here is a good documentary on the Payne Stewart plane crash due to Hypoxia
-- Nortazhokie
Jun 05, 2023 at 07:26 PM ET
Nortazhokie
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06/05/23 07:26 PM ET
With so little left of it/them all after impact, we may never know.**
-- PhotoHokieNC
Jun 06, 2023 at 08:29 AM ET
PhotoHokieNC
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06/06/23 08:29 AM ET
Reports say maybe no flight data recorder as with commercial airlines.
-- TomTurkey
Jun 05, 2023 at 09:03 PM ET
TomTurkey
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06/05/23 09:03 PM ET
Still strange, in that he should have had close to a minute to get oxygen**
-- HOKIERIT
Jun 05, 2023 at 06:46 PM ET
HOKIERIT
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06/05/23 06:46 PM ET
Or executive function skills were shutting down as he was blacking out, and
-- reconhokie
Jun 05, 2023 at 08:04 PM ET
reconhokie
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06/05/23 08:04 PM ET
WOW..didn't realize that. He was a retired commercial pilot. Do those guys>
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-- HOKIERIT
Jun 05, 2023 at 08:00 PM ET
HOKIERIT
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06/05/23 08:00 PM ET
Following the Payne Stewart crash, the NTSB recommended a change in all
-- Nortazhokie
Jun 05, 2023 at 08:20 PM ET
Nortazhokie
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06/05/23 08:20 PM ET
Crisis is the mother of creation ...**
-- PhotoHokieNC
Jun 06, 2023 at 07:26 AM ET
PhotoHokieNC
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06/06/23 07:26 AM ET
Hypoxia can be very insidious and actually induce feelings of euphoria **
-- B777Fr8Dog
Jun 05, 2023 at 06:52 PM ET
B777Fr8Dog
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06/05/23 06:52 PM ET
Yeah...didn't realize that. Sounded like it wasn't a catastrophic loss of->
-- HOKIERIT
Jun 05, 2023 at 08:03 PM ET
HOKIERIT
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06/05/23 08:03 PM ET
Planes need a low oxygen detector like a smoke or carbon dioxide detector. **
-- Hoakie82
Jun 05, 2023 at 07:47 PM ET
Hoakie82
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06/05/23 07:47 PM ET
most do - called cabin altitude**
-- B777Fr8Dog
Jun 06, 2023 at 12:44 PM ET
B777Fr8Dog
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06/06/23 12:44 PM ET